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Steps to take to delete yourself from any presence on the internet. Although this may not be helpful for all accounts, it does give info on how to delete major accounts like FB, so you can delete selected accounts if you wish.

Steps to take to delete yourself from any presence on the internet. Although this may not be helpful for all accounts, it does give info on how to delete major accounts like FB, so you can delete selected accounts if you wish.

"Group administrators can change a group's privacy settings at any time by visiting the group's Admin tab > Group Settings. Group roles BuddyPress group members have three roles available to them. Members: By default, when a user joins a group, he or she has the role of member. What does it mean to be a member of a BuddyPress group? That depends on what kind of group it is. In a public group, members are able to post to that group's forums, as well as submit content to other parts of the group (for instance, group members can upload documents in conjunction with the BuddyPress Group Documents plugin). When a user posts to the discussion forum of a public group, the user automatically becomes a member of the group. Additionally, being a member of a group means having the group's activity aggregated in your Activity > My Groups activity stream. In a private group or a hidden group, members have all the same privileges as members in a public group. Additionally, being a member of a private group means that you get to see who else is a member of the group, and that you're able to send invites to other users. Moderators: When a group member is promoted to be a moderator of the group, it means that the member receives the following additional abilities: Edit group details, including the group name and group description (see: #4737) Edit, close, and delete any forum topic or post in the group Edit and delete other kinds of content, as produced by certain plugins Administrators: Administratorshave total control over the contents and settings of a group. That includes all the abilities of moderators, as well as the ability to: Change group-wide settings (Admin > Settings). For instance, administrators can turn group forums on or off, change group status from public to private, and toggle on or off various other group functionality provided by plugins Change the group avatar (Admin > Group Avatar) Manage group members (Admin > Manage Members). More specifically,

article by Jill Duffy on email management, March 5, 2012. Also a two minute video on this page that explains the tips: 1. delete (useless stuff) first when you open the inbox 2. Write short 3. Reuse sent messages 4. Reuse subject lines 5. Use groups/distribution lists 6. Sort to delete 7. Turn off notifications 8. Close email to focus 9. Use auto-replies wisely 10. Delete (or at very least, file messages into folders) 11. Take out the trash (daily) or set up auto-dump

Todd Bishop of Geekwire talks about fears of tossing emails and gets help from the psychologist on the A&E show Hoarders. Dr. Robin Zasio says hoarding emails, like hoarding "stuff" is about fear of needing it some day.

"A comment on Joho's (Dave Weinberger) blog post--a memoir of blogging--bySuw Charman-Anderson, January 9, 2014. Excerpt: " I wonder too if my lack of blog writing is related to a lack of blog reading. My RSS reader became so clogged that I feared it, wouldn't open it, and ultimately, abandoned it. And then Twitter and now Zite arrived to provide me with random rewards for clicking and swiping, showing me stuff that I had no idea I wanted to read. Instead of following the writings of a small cadre of smart, lovely people whom I am proud to call my friends, I read random crap off the internet that some algorithm thinks I might be interested in, or that is recommended by the people I follow on Twitter. That may or may not be a good thing. We were all aware of the problems of homophily, and the random clickage does help combat that. But the problem with not following people's blogs closely is that there's no conversation anymore. My blogs used to host great conversations, and I would happily engage in fascinating discussions on other people's sites. You can't do that so easily with Twitter, and Facebook. Indeed, most of my interactions on Facebook, which are scarce as I loathe it, end up being pointless arguments with friends-of-friends who turn out to be idiots. I'd love to see a resurgence in blogging. I think, personally, I need to delete Zite from my ipad and find a good RSS reader so I can follow the blogs of those people that I really care about. Not the worthy blogs I ought to read, but the works of people who matter to me. And then I need to get back to commenting, like this, because there's nothing more encouraging than finding out that people care about what you write, that people appreciate it. And David, I really do appreciate your writing - you're as inspiring and fascinating now as you were back in 2001! "

article in Bits, NYT, by Nick Bilton on coping with email, January 19, 2014. Found the article through notation by my LinkedIn link Bob Gallo. Brings up the term email_bankruptcy whereby one deletes all the unread email at the start of the new year.

Interesting blog post on digital footprint and what internet profile reveals about you, Martyn Casserley, PC advisor, 10/22/13, PDadvisor. Excerpt: "You can of course delete your Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn accounts, but anyone determined enough can probably trace your remnants. A good place to visit if you're serious about removing yourself from the web is AccountKiller.com who have detailed notes on an incredible range of sites, with links to their various deactivation and removal procedures."

Interesting cultural studies piece in the NYTimes about unwanted email. The law is that marketers and businesses must have an option to let you unsubscribe, but fledgling businesses or friends' businesses fall through the cracks. What to do about it? Some new software, hitting delete, creating an email account you never use or view.

Very scary video (4 minutes) by Mark Cuban on how privacy is violated because digital history is retained forever. Inc. How ownership shifts from author to recipient who may misuse it in any # of ways. Of course, Cuban is developing erasure apps that delete texts after a certain amount of time. Talks about tweets in particular. Unfollowing people who could be sending wrong message.

great tips on using PowerPoint to modify photos to delete or blur what you do not want

Merlin Mann, March 13, 2006, on five sneaky email cheats template, the link, the question, the "I don't know", the delete key

Good list of 10 reasons people save emails, with some humor. Will put on the Unclutter your closet resource list.