I am, but I'm real good at it.

My opinion? Unless clearing out unused accounts serves some actual purpose, leave 'em. If they take up space, dump 'em.

Oh, I'm so helpful, I am. :sunny:

I agree with the sentiment that we should be purging the DB of inactive accounts. I would qualify an inactive account as being unused for a period greater than 12 months. A warning of account deletion is counterproductive, as it adds to Neal's already heavy workload.

20 to go...

Shoot 'em all and let God sort 'em out.













Wait, what were we talking about again?

really I though i was the village idiot here? maybe i need to try harder :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2d0phypLrg

Time to clean house. :up:

Spring-clean away! As long as all three boxes are ticked otherwise we'd miss the re-emergence of people like the Avon Lady amongst others.

Well, after a 12 mth, or more inactivity of an account, there are indeed questions that should be asked by the site owner.
And i believe it should be a responsibility (and courtesy) of the member in question, that if they are going to be inactive for that length of time that they should email or pm the site owner and indicate the aforementioned.
"Dear Neal, please keep my account active as i will be going overseas for the next 12 mths to fight terrorism and will not have internet access as i will be residing in caves in the foothills of Pakistan".
You get my drift.
It's a 2-way street.
The member should have the common decency and foresight to notify if no activity of account for a lengthy period of time and the site owner is responsible in keeping the site active and uptodate and in good working order, with an abundance of active members.
My thoughts.

I don't think people's accounts should be deleted just because they haven't shown up for a while. Though if it's only people who haven't logged in for a long time and have never posted, then it would make sense to clean them out if the forum/Neal benefit from it...

I think the only ones suggested for deletion though are the accounts that are inactive AND have 0 posts, not those that are simply inactive... :hmmm:

0 posts and non-active for over a year should be removed from the DB imo.

HunterICX

We had to destroy the membership roster in order to save it. :O:

...and maybe set an upper threshold, like 47k posts. Obviously spamming and neither use nor ornament to the site.






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Yep, people get busy and we often get that "I'm back" thread after a year of no show.

I think Neal is considering the political pull of membership and a possible bid for congress.