Deactivating account possible?

[solarstorm]

Is there an option to temporarily deactivate ones own account (like on Facebook) in such a way that all messages and all gallery pictures disappear and so that other users can't look at the disabled account nor PM it?

I'm fed up with being called a creep, and now some users even accuse me of harassing others. It sucks, and as it doesn't stop I want to take time out.

[solarstorm]

If you don't want to be considered a creep then don't make your sig a pic of a grieving widow from a disaster that you posted obsessively about, and that's not even mentioning the whole Landrieu ordeal.

Also, I don't get the point of making posts and even your sig into a whole thing about you leaving the forum. Polls did this a couple times and it is just kind of odd attention seeking behavior.

It's not about me being called a creep. (I've become inured to it.)
It's about other users insulting me, attacking me, criticizing me without any reason, telling me to kill myself. And a second (!) moderator (!) has begun to play along with the bullying.

I wish there were both a disabling option and an ignoring option like on Facebook.

PS: I always thought you and PPP were one and the same person...

[solarstorm]

If you want to not receive PMs from certain people, you can block them under your profile settings by going to "Personal Message Options."  If you want your gallery images to disappear, you can delete them. If there are any posts you made you don't want people to see any more, you can delete those too.   If a poster is harassing you, report them. If a moderator is harassing you contact Nym or one of the nicer moderators.  If you don't want to be here anymore, log out and don't log back in. How is that?

Shua, please don't act like you don't understand my intentions.
The Facebook options on blocking people is exemplary; if I write a comment or start a thread, respectively, I don't want some certain users to even know I've written it so that they can't comment on it. The ignoring option (which I also know from other forums) is completely futile. And you do know that!