Shoutbox

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Originally posted by WDZ
Occasionally

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O'm sure he has more pressing things to do. Did you ever get round to updating this board WDZ?

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Originally posted by NiteMare
well there are over 20,000 accounts with 0 posts... howmeny of those could be active?

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I haven't done any serious user pruning since sometime in 2005...

After a quick look in the database, I think I could delete about 12500 accounts. I should do that soon...

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Originally posted by GiantSpider
O'm sure he has more pressing things to do. Did you ever get round to updating this board WDZ?

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I'm sure you'd notice if I did.

I noticed you took the version number from the footer. What is this on, BETA 4? RC 1/2?

[offtopic] It's still RC2 [/offtopic]

Just a sidenote...Can we not be rude to Fuse over a simple suggestion?  A lot of the posts in this thread seem to have a colder nature to them because you disagree with him.  If you cant express yourself without coming off as a bitch, then dont bother posting.

Personally, I think this is a good idea if WDZ wanted to implement it...for all new accounts by default with the option to "Upgrade" the account to a permenant one.  It would keep the extra's to a minimum.

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Originally posted by NiteMare

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Originally posted by WDZ
Occasionally I prune old accounts that have zero posts and have been inactive for a long time. It's not a big deal though.

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well there are over 20,000 accounts with 0 posts... howmeny of those could be active?

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People could come in after 6-8 months... Doesn't mean that you delete their accounts

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Originally posted by John Anderton

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Originally posted by NiteMare

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Originally posted by WDZ
Occasionally I prune old accounts that have zero posts and have been inactive for a long time. It's not a big deal though.

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well there are over 20,000 accounts with 0 posts... howmeny of those could be active?

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People could come in after 6-8 months... Doesn't mean that you delete their accounts

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Or maybe if WDZ can (and wants to) have an extra set of user titles and stars for all newcomers to have 5 posts before moving on to 'New Members'. >5 posts can be named 'Temporary Member' and they will expire in half a year if they do not make five posts.

And if someone actually wants to join the community, he/she/it can already easily post 5 posts (picture, introduction, monthly desktops, etc.) in an hour.

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Originally posted by Dane
Just a sidenote...Can we not be rude to Fuse over a simple suggestion?  A lot of the posts in this thread seem to have a colder nature to them because you disagree with him.  If you cant express yourself without coming off as a bitch, then dont bother posting.

Personally, I think this is a good idea if WDZ wanted to implement it...for all new accounts by default with the option to "Upgrade" the account to a permenant one.  It would keep the extra's to a minimum.

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I kindof agree. But if this is done, they should make it really clear so people that are 'new' or dont know much about the site will not get their accounts deleted (if they wanted to stay) because they forgot to 'upgrade'

On the other hand, it is good as it is and temp. accounts may cause some problems.

I figured that when it was pointed out by MenthiX that they would be kept to preserve the user's posts and this was confirmed by WDZ this would end.. But apparently not.

thanks for standing up for me
and i still think it's a good idea but if WDZ/Menthix have spken i guess it's the end. but to menthix: maybe you could keep the important posts by temp members up and just strike there name out or something.