Day 2 of my quest to close my Ecademy account
Ok, so it’s a Sunday – and I started out trying to close my Ecademy account on a Saturday. I wouldn’t really expect much response from the technical support people. That’s ok, I’m not bitching about that.
What IS annoying, however, is the lack of ‘OFF’ button anywhere on the site itself or instructions telling you how to do it.
Twitter, on the other hand, has a simple ‘delete account’ link on the bottom of your Settings page. No sign of such a thing on Ecademy.
Why am I recording the process of leaving a social media site like Ecademy? Because I want to find out just how easy or hard it is. Oh, and because I’m finding I have less time (or inclination) to ’shoot the shit’ online with a handful of other one-mand-band folks. And because I’ve had enough of being spammed by ‘BlackStars’ and invited to connect with complete strangers.
You don’t have to be a genuis to realise that for an online business networking site, users are important and active users are vital. I’m no longer an active user at Ecademy but I am a user on paper and as such, an important part of their package to sell new memberships and sponsorships. Why would they want their numbers to decrease?
The answer is, they don’t. Ecademy is populated by ‘people’ who (someone) signed up for a free membership but who have since not been active. Actually, quite a large number, if you can be bothered to plod through and check each one by hand.
Anyway. Day 2 of trying to close my account I expect nothing to happen. Just thought I’d fill you in on a bit of the context while we wait for the tech support people at Ecademy to come back to me with a friendly email detailing how to close my Ecademy account.
