On Fri, 2017-07-21 at 07:21 +0100, Alex Smith wrote: > On Fri, 2017-07-21 at 16:17 +1000, V.J Rada wrote: > > CFJ: (at the time of calling) Cuddlebeam is a player. > > > > Are "I'll deregister" and "I think its better for the both of us if > > I dereg > > for now." > > unambiguous intent to deregister? > > This is irrelevant, unambiguously intending to deregister doesn't > actually deregister you, only acting by announcement does that. > > At most, you could perhaps argue that it implicitly creates a pledge.
Huh, and just looking at the registration/deregistration rule, I saw a neat scam: deregistration by announcement prevents registration by announcement for 30 days, but registration doesn't have to be done by announcement nowadays (it does have to be done to a public forum, but the indication is allowed to fall below the normal standards of an announcement). So the reregistration timer isn't all that effective right now. Perhaps we should fix that, or perhaps it's a feature rather than a bug. The main purpose to a timeout that I can see is to prevent people deregistering to dodge a punishment or the like, and that can be fixed with careful criminal justice design. -- ais523
