redundant members?

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Taz

Lifer
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probably a question for the mods

why do we keep redundant members?

if you look at the members list there are loads who joined years back who have no involvement in the forum, they probably never did. why do we keep them on the forum, why do they not get deleted
 
Some people join but don't post. Others go away for a long while and then come back. Does it really matter ?
 
How about removing/warning those that simply haven't logged on for over a year - as some non-posters might just use this as a read-only resource when they're considering buying a Z4.

If they haven't been on for over a year, then I guess they've moved on to another marque.
 
But on the other side you get members like Tweed who came back out of the blue or in his case Merlot.
 
Its like any forum or any system - it all comes down to how much control you want / need and how much benefit you get from wiping out such data. In this case its probably not a lot as the users have minimal to zero post counts. Some forums I'm on will automatically remove an account if you have been inactive for 3 months which is possibly a little harsh in my eyes. A year? I dont log into peipoo for over a year at a time occasionally.

I agree there are lots of users who dont come back but where do you draw the line?
 
There's no real value in deleting people. A lot of people register so they can subscribe to threads and get notifications if there is an update. There's no overhead to keeping their account active so no need to delete them.
 
It's surely only an issue if the forum server is running short on disk space? And if it's that tight there's probably bigger/better things that can be done. Like others have said, there's no real overhead in just keeping data.
 
sp3ctre said:
There's no real value in deleting people. A lot of people register so they can subscribe to threads and get notifications if there is an update. There's no overhead to keeping their account active so no need to delete them.
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Exactly,and you would know,Jim,since you are the man behind this great forum(which not everyone may be aware,lol).
Keep up the good work :thumbsup:
 
sp3ctre said:
There's no real value in deleting people. A lot of people register so they can subscribe to threads and get notifications if there is an update. There's no overhead to keeping their account active so no need to delete them.
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cheers :thumbsup:
 
craig3.2 said:
sp3ctre said:
There's no real value in deleting people. A lot of people register so they can subscribe to threads and get notifications if there is an update. There's no overhead to keeping their account active so no need to delete them.
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Exactly,and you would know,Jim,since you are the man behind this great forum(which not everyone may be aware,lol).
Keep up the good work :thumbsup:
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and the man we lynch when it *occasionally* goes down :rofl: :D?
 
sp3ctre said:
There's no real value in deleting people. A lot of people register so they can subscribe to threads and get notifications if there is an update. There's no overhead to keeping their account active so no need to delete them.
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Fair enough boss.
 
Marlon said:
sp3ctre said:
There's no real value in deleting people. A lot of people register so they can subscribe to threads and get notifications if there is an update. There's no overhead to keeping their account active so no need to delete them.
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Fair enough boss.
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Marlon - why don't you do a Poll and gauge peoples opinions on this :rofl:
 
Marlon - when was the last time you emptied your loft then :lol:

I'd be impressed if you had a routine - ours just seems to swallow more and more things - I'm worried about the ceilings!! :rofl:
 
paulgs1000 said:
Marlon - when was the last time you emptied your loft then :lol:

I'd be impressed if you had a routine - ours just seems to swallow more and more things - I'm worried about the ceilings!! :rofl:
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I'm worried about moving - hassle for me - or dying - hassle for everyone I know - because of the amount of stuff stored in various places, not just the loft....
 
paulgs1000 said:
Marlon - when was the last time you emptied your loft then :lol:

I'd be impressed if you had a routine - ours just seems to swallow more and more things - I'm worried about the ceilings!! :rofl:
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The ex-wife took the loft, along with the house :wink:
 
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