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> About nuking I understood from DdmrDdmr that the users become Brand New as they have their posts deleted. However, I didn't understand why rosezionjohn said that nuking applies only to Newbies. A Full Member / Hero account can't (technically) be nuked and by having all its posts deleted, to turn the respective account into a Brand New one? This measure (nuking) applies only to Newbies? And if yes, why? <
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As far as Im aware, nuking indeed applies only to Newbie accounts. I dont know the reasons, but it may have to do with Jr. Member rank being reached before with simply 30 Activity (no Merit requirement initially), and that most nuked accounts were so due to garbage posts. Technically though, one can demote his own account by deleting posts, since post deletion may reduce the Activity counter, and this his own rank. Some people do that when cleansing their posting history for one reason or another.
I keep track of 314 merited (earned) accounts that have been de-ranked due to this practice (likely many more unmerited accounts too, but I do not keep track of those):
https://public.tableau.com/shared/3ZMNHR9J4?:display_count=y&:origin=viz_share_linkThe cases that stand out more are those of a Legendary demoted to Member (theres another one de-ranked to Full Member, and yet another one to Sr. Member), and even a Hero to Band New (what a waste)