Users, in their lifecycle on the platform, can have four statuses:
'Pending' status
the user has never signed in
the user is visible on the platform (his/her profile record is visible, he/she can be mentioned and notified)
'Enabled' status
the user signs in for the first time (he/she has created a password)
he/she is visible on the platform (the profile record is visible, he/she can be mentioned and notified)
the user receives notifications, emails and alerts
'Disabled' status
the users can no longer sign in
the user is invisible on the platform
his/her profile record is archived
his/her contributions are kept with a symbol indicating the user has been disabled
'Deleted permanently' status
the users can no longer sign in
the user is invisible on the platform
his/her profile record is deleted
his/her contributions are kept but under the name of "Deleted user"