So how does that sound?

When it comes to hackers, they can get your account deleted anyway, just just the matter if they can find our weaknesses in either imgflip itself or your account. And when it comes to forgetting passwords being unable to delete your own posts and accounts, there can be legal issues in the way. imgflip is an international site meaning they have to deal with many laws all around the globe, and the EU bans the practice proposed here, this under the credo of "the right to be forgotten". Of course, there should always be a way for imgflip to verify the deleter of your account is really who they claim to be, in this case you, but completely disabling account deletion when passwords are simply forgotten can lead to legal issues.

Of course, one should in general be careful with smart phones or with computers on which you are active on open forums. In my time as moderator on many many websites I wish I had a dollar for every time I heard "my brother/sister/friend/whatever" deleted my account, or "posted the shit my account got banned for", etc. etc. etc. And I guess this proposal came forth from a similar "stunt". You can also moan about a wallet being stolen from your locker when you didn't lock it. Makes the theft just a wrong as before, but you should also have been keen to lock your locker when you put your wallet in it in the first place. Cell phones and computers should just be taken with the same care.

wait

if the hackers knew your password, couldn't they just use it again?

explain

what if the hackers knew your password, and managed to hack into your account

if they did, then it would be relatively easy for them to delete, correct?

Yeah, if they already knew the password without my idea (delete via password) nothing changes sooo (delete via password and email with verification on email?)

I believe that your email would need to be verified

what are the chances that the hacker would know your emails password

Yeah lets do that

I think so, But if you change the password, then they won't know about it.

I totally agree (mine iz so ez for meh to remember)

While losing an imgflip account would be tragic I'm not 100% what you're getting at here. Do you mean if you stay inadvertently logged in on a public computer or if somebody wrangles your hardware from you while you're still logged in?

If that's the case the first priority is to assure you can't be pwned that way. I understand you're fairly young and you may be concerned a parent/guardian or sibling might do this to you. If it's within your control lock your devices when you are not actively using them. It'll only set you up to have good security habits when you start to manage things like banking later in life.

That said second factor security would be a good solution for imgflip. Check any accounts you have online and see if they have a second factor option then use an app like Authy or Google Authenticator. It's more effort on your part but can save your bacon if somebody tries to infiltrate your accounts.

Be aware that Authy has an option to back up your second factor logins which is both convenient and a potential security hole. On the other hand Google Authenticator has less convenient options. I'll spare the gory details but saving a copy of each QR code you scan with the app will help you if your device becomes lost or damaged beyond use.

OH MY GOD WUBBZY YOUR A F**KING GENIUS

Thanks

no problem

How else could you delete it?

via email verification

Which would require whaaaaaaaaaaaaaat to have forwarded to the user requesting it for that purpose?

AGREE