Cap'n Refsmmat Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 If you take a look at the member list, you'll notice that out of just over 2000 members, 642 of them have not posted at all, and quite a few haven't logged on since they registered. Then there are loads more with less than 5 posts. It probably is annoying when you register, to have register form tell you that your name is already in use by someone who never posted. So I propose this: Members that have not logged in for six months (or some other length of time), and have 5 (or some other number) or less posts, should be deleted. The terms might be changed, you could warn them, but I think it would help let new members have a name they wanted, not some odd thing as a last resort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesseract Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 If you take a look at the member list' date=' you'll notice that out of just over 2000 members, 642 of them have not posted at all, and quite a few haven't logged on since they registered. Then there are loads more with less than 5 posts. It probably is annoying when you register, to have register form tell you that your name is already in use by someone who never posted. So I propose this: Members that have not logged in for six months (or some other length of time), and have 5 (or some other number) or less posts, should be deleted. The terms might be changed, you could warn them, but I think it would help let new members have a name they wanted, not some odd thing as a last resort.[/quote'] What if they registered then got into a coma or something and then they wake up and they arent registered anymore? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap'n Refsmmat Posted July 19, 2004 Author Share Posted July 19, 2004 How likely is that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesseract Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 How likely is that? Well, maybe not a coma what if they get a seizure or a holiday but then get kidnapped and sent to harsh labour in cuba. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 Are they causing any harm by being there? Not really. Then why is it necessary to remove accounts that may, in the future, be used? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesseract Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 Are they causing any harm by being there? Not really. Then why is it necessary to remove accounts that may, in the future, be used? If a person wants to make a username thats alreday in use they should just email one of the mods or admins and they can just delete that specific user acount you dont need to wipe all of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 I think that there's always a possibility that the account will be used in the future at some point. You have to also consider that quite a few of these people will probably never post things but read the forums anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap'n Refsmmat Posted July 19, 2004 Author Share Posted July 19, 2004 You can read it without being a member. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 They still made the effort to register the account in the first place. And I still don't see the point of it all anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primarygun Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 Are they in a race of doing that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 And I still don't see the point of it all anyway. So we can laugh at physicsforums and say "HaHa. You might have 9,000 members but all ours post and remain active." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 That would be rather silly, because it's blatently not true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesseract Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 Are they in a race of doing that? ummm, no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicMX Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 I agree with Cap'n Refsmmat, and he is talking about people with 5 or less posts... won't be a lost at all, and if he (the person) want to post in the future, then he might create another account... but well.. as in bussiness, the boss commands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted July 21, 2004 Share Posted July 21, 2004 That would be rather silly, because it's blatently not true. Exactly. The only reason I could come up with to do this doesn't even make sense. I don't think it needs to be done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atinymonkey Posted July 21, 2004 Share Posted July 21, 2004 It might be an idea to send out reminder emails to people who have not posted. It may remind them they joined the forum, and get them posting. Who knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesseract Posted July 21, 2004 Share Posted July 21, 2004 It might be an idea to send out reminder emails to people who have not posted. It may remind them they joined the forum, and get them posting. Who knows. I agree a mass wipage is stupid.They can at least be warned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
admiral_ju00 Posted July 23, 2004 Share Posted July 23, 2004 Think about it in terms of numbers. When someone looks at this forum and sees that it has 3,000 members, and they will most likely be interested in registering(not knowing the actual number of the total active users). But if someone finds a forum with say 50 people(assuming that all are active) then that might deter them from going there. It's always (or at least usually) better to go where the crowds are bigger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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