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hey they re probably better than all those spammers last week

They annoy!
Anyway, they're wasting names and messing up statistics, a non-poster is not a member, because s/he doesn't participate in the forums in any way, usually. So all member stats shouldn't consider all non-posters. Anyway... wasted names...

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Originally posted by KeyStormnAnyway, they're wasting names and messing up statistics, a non-poster is not a member, because s/he doesn't participate in the forums in any way, usually. So all member stats shouldn't consider all non-posters

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Messing up statistics? If anything they add to its accuracy. It shows many other stats, not just posting. Male/Female; Ages; Ratings... without all those other members we'd just have a less gernal view because we only take the posting peoples stats.

IMO, pruning all non-active members is stupid.

i think WDZ should stick to his current ways of pruning like whenever the members gets full as hell then just prune the members who havn't logged in for like 6 months because maybe some people register, log in every day, read and read, but never post, what will they say when they're account was deleted just because of not posting ever? should only prune if they havn't logged in for 6 months or more IMHO

EDIT: Theo, i know you can browse without logging in but i've seen a few people in the "also browsing this forum" and clicke their name and they had 0 posts =x

you can browse without logging in ...

anyways it was annoying when i registered but i couldnt cause and inactive user had my name ¬¬

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Originally posted by Theo
you can browse without logging in ...

anyways it was annoying when i registered but i couldnt cause and inactive user had my name ¬¬

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Was the same with my name, I wanted Cookie to register, was already taken by a non-active member...

Wouldn't an easy solution be that when you're inactive (not logged in) for x months you receive an email and your account gets deactivated. When you don't reactivate within x weeks, the account is deleted? Widely used system by many sites with huge member lists....

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
Wouldn't an easy solution be that when you're inactive (not logged in) for x months you receive an email and your account gets deactivated. When you don't reactivate within x weeks, the account is deleted? Widely used system by many sites with huge member lists....

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That's a good point. Inactive non-posters aren't of any use, in my point of view.