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just putting this out there cause j mac made me realize yesterday ...

30030  Members
Members who have posted: 28.67%
13892 Members have 0 Posts
Over Ten Posts: 3.99% (898 users)



Was annoying to cause when i regged "Theo" An inactive user had that regged aswell. So someone shud maybe delete all these users, cause they waste accounts and space..

There aren't actually 30000 members in the database. It lies.

I pruned thousands of members around the end of 2003, and I'll probably do it again soon.

space isn't an issue, i dont think.

i think there were plans to do this about the same time as the prioverbial upgrade

but its up to the admins, if they see fit

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Originally posted by Theo
cause they waste accounts and space..

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Waste accounts (and their names)..
Waste space, I explained yesterday, it hardly use up any space for an account.

The average record in the users table takes up a little over 200 bytes... no big deal.

Attachments and posts are the real space-wasters, and I prune those monthly.

13892 * (hardly any space) = ?

It might be considerably larger than you think.

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Originally posted by billywoods1
13892 * (hardly any space) = ?

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13982 members * 200 bytes = 2796400 bytes = 2730 kilobytes = 2.67 megabytes = who cares?

I thought of it some days ago and I didn't dare to ask

Inactive members annoy, specially all those no-posters.
Can't there be a 'pruned' group that requires a new activation but with the possibility for new members to take their names. Of course, posts are kept with the username in a light grey.

My suggestion

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Originally posted by KeyStorm
Inactive members annoy, specially all those no-posters.

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I find that very hard to believe...

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Originally posted by KeyStorm
Can't there be a 'pruned' group that requires a new activation but with the possibility for new members to take their names.

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Can you image the probelms this would cause? e.g. search. Maybe for members with 0 posts after their deleted the usernames become up for grabs again.

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Originally posted by KeyStorm
Inactive members annoy, specially all those no-posters.

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i know!!! all those ppl.... not doing anything, not bothering anybody.... ITS SO ANNOYING!!!