# Explicit opt-in again after derailing

**URL:** <https://forum.beeminder.com/t/explicit-opt-in-again-after-derailing/6334>\
**Category:** Bugabee\
**Created:** [February 9, 2020, 8:37pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/explicit-opt-in-again-after-derailing/6334 "2020-02-09T20:37:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![tomyum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@tomyum](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/tomyum)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2020, 8:37pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/explicit-opt-in-again-after-derailing/6334/1 "2020-02-09T20:37:14Z")

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If I understood correctly, once I derail, beeminder charges my credit card, then I get some new safety buffer on my goal. However, it continues running. If I just don’t do anything, I will keep derailing indefinitely by default. Is this true? In this case I wish there was an option to opt-in explicitly after derailing.  
This would make me feel more comfortable about using beeminder with high stakes given that there is always the possibility of extreme scenarios such as having an accident and being in a coma for years, or losing my memory, or even dying.

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**Author:** ![zedmango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c67d28/32.png) [@zedmango](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/zedmango)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2020, 10:57pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/explicit-opt-in-again-after-derailing/6334/2 "2020-02-09T22:57:45Z")

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> [@Dead Man Switch](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/dead-man-switch/2889):
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> So in the case of the Dead Man Switch - 4. Deadman switch! If you stop using Beeminder altogether, we’ll (eventually) stop charging you How long is eventually? I have visions of Beeminder charging my cc in the case of real death!! Yes, I can be a detail person and sometimes known ( wink ) to overthink things Having said that, it is still a possibility for us all at anytime and someone will have to pay this - after working out what the hell the charges are smile

> **[New World Order: Goals No Longer Freeze](https://blog.beeminder.com/nwo/)**
>
> We’ve been referring to this internally as Beeminder’s New World Order but in fact it’s a natural consequence of The Third Great Beeminder Epiphany: Ever-increasing awesomeness should always be the path of least resistance. Namely, if you derail on...