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viper2040
08-23-2002, 09:51 AM
If you look through the members list, you will notice that 75+% of the accounts were created before Jan1, 2000 and never used once.

These accounts are not vets--they have never been used. I see no reason to keep them, and plenty of reasons to delete them. These accounts should be removed immediately...

Why delete them?
1)Each account takes up space on the servers, meaning that there's less space for new forum features, and that fewer topics can be stored.

2)Each account takes up BANDWIDTH, causing the forum to take longer to load, and making it harder on people with dialup especially.

3)It makes searching for members (using the "members" button) a pain in the ass--only about 25% of the accounts there have ever been used, or are new.

4)Many times, people come here, create a cool username, and then never return. So, that username sits there, gathering dust, but noone else can have that name. Its not fair.
Try creating a cool username--chances are, its been taken. And its very possible that its never been used, either.

5)THERE'S NO REASON TO KEEP THEM--THEY WERE CREATED LONG AGO, AND WERE NEVER USED.


SO...
I propose that, for accounts created more than 6 months ago that have NEVER been used, the owner be contacted by email. If no response is recieved within a week, then the accounts will be immediately deleted.

PLEASE--NO OFF TOPIC CONVERSATIONS. ONE TOPIC HAS ALREADY BEEN RUINED THIS WAY. READ THIS WHOLE POST BEFORE RESPONDING--I HAVE ADDRESSED MOST ISSUES.
QUIET_KILLER
08-23-2002, 10:45 AM
Smart thinking viper man i agree with you 100% those accounts should be deleted certain acounts with less stars if that havent made any attempt to post what so ever starting with lordmovil that name i should have but never used*lolz
Gamiac10
08-23-2002, 11:04 AM
i agree but im not one of the 75% so dont delete me ok
viper2040
08-23-2002, 11:13 AM
guys, you keep acting like this will be some sort of "culling of the n0 0bs". it wont be. If youre reading this right now, then you are OBVIOUSLY not one of those i am referring to. The people to be deleted have NEVER posted here, and were created more than 6 months ago. That means, if you create an account tomorrow, then you can keep that account alive by posting at least 2-3 times in 6 months--thats about 1 post every 90 days. If you cant manage that, then you dont need an account. People dont need an account to view posts....

Basically, you would be deleted if ALL of the following are true:
A)Your account was created BEFORE JAN 1, 2002
AND
B)You have never posted

After the first round of deletions, the mods could do a monthly check, and maybe set up an automatic program where those in danger of being deleted would get a generic email, giving them 7 days to become active in the forums. If after 7 days they still had 0 posts, they would be deleted.

And of course, to be in danger, both A) and B) above would have to be true.
UniverseX
08-23-2002, 11:37 AM
omg......
viper(why do you care? ...TMyApp/Leftyfb etc. are doing there jobs )....

UniverseX
lataz
:)
viper2040
08-23-2002, 01:01 PM
Why do i care? see reasons 1, 2, 3, 4.
Toon-Ryu
08-23-2002, 01:13 PM
i agree with you too the fourum loads so slow and all the other reasons are right too and the email one should be done too. This fourm loads very slow we really need to go with dragon.
iTALY
08-23-2002, 01:33 PM
Why do i care? see reasons 1, 2, 3, 4.
LMFAO :D that should keep me goin for a while
Toon-Ryu
08-23-2002, 01:51 PM
anybody else with Dragon he has a good idea. i mean we do want the fourum to be fast.
UniverseX
08-23-2002, 02:50 PM
I like the way it is :D
Toon-Ryu
08-23-2002, 02:55 PM
I like the way it is :D
just go with his idea its good or leave out
08-23-2002, 02:56 PM
I'm only going to say this once.. if you wanted to delete all the unused accounts, it'd take 4ever.

You'd have to delete them all manually.. which takes time.. time TMy doesn't have. I dunno if leftyfb even has that much time/patience.

Besides, the forum loads plenty fast. Since the forum loads plenty fast for me... I can safely assume it does it @ least 5 times faster for almost everyone else. :biggrin:
Toon-Ryu
08-23-2002, 03:02 PM
I'm only going to say this once.. if you wanted to delete all the unused accounts, it'd take 4ever.

You'd have to delete them all manually.. which takes time.. time TMy doesn't have. I dunno if leftyfb even has that much time/patience.

Besides, the forum loads plenty fast. Since the forum loads plenty fast for me... I can safely assume it does it @ least 5 times faster for almost everyone else. :biggrin:
say for youre self for me it goes really slow but if tmy doesnt have time guess we'll forget this topic. :angry:
08-23-2002, 03:11 PM
it goes fast as hell :)
so dont need to delete accounts. ;)
Toon-Ryu
08-23-2002, 03:12 PM
look i said this a lot of times it goes fast for but it goes really slow for me you should read.
PARADISE-X
08-23-2002, 05:31 PM
I dont care what u ppl do whit the accounts...I m just glad the forum will be faster :)
SSJKarma
08-23-2002, 05:31 PM
by the time i was here...
there is 2 things i know for sure now...

1 - they don't have anything with the speed
it's not because the server have much to go thru that he will be taking longer times he doesn't check everyseconds on the list he checks only when you log in so it doesn't bother the server to have a long list of names !

2 - it is thru that an account not used in here for more than 6 months is "probably" not even used, but... the forum and the game aren't using the really same list of username. so when someone register at the game it is registered at the forum but if the person play's alot but never posted here they would have problems with their account and tmyapp would have lots of flaming that he doesn't need to get !

reason of the 2nd...
the best representation given here about this is the number of vote there was for spiderman, there was about 300 but all those had never showed up in here, but they are player they just don't post !

now, that is why they don't delete account !
they can't, unless they know for sure that the person doesn't play ! they simply cant do it !
viper2040
08-23-2002, 06:34 PM
2000warrior--u dont have to do it manually. I am reminded of a game called Dragon Court (www.ffiends.com) in which, if you did not use your account for 3 months or longer, it was automatically deleted. Basically, all of our accounts will be pending deletion, with an internal countdown starting at 180 days. Every time you post, the counter is reset to 180. if it reaches 0, your account is deleted. simple as that.
08-23-2002, 08:04 PM
viper... from my experience with ikonboard, it doesn't HAVE that feature (and if it does I'll be fairly surprised). You'd have to process them ALL manually.

Trust me, TMy's not about to sit around, manually deleting thousands of accounts.

That's all I have to say here.
08-23-2002, 08:49 PM
by the way ..
he doesn't want to waste his time either
so maybe u guys should forget about this
& keep dreaming .........
viper2040
08-25-2002, 01:04 PM
screw it--ill just ask the big man him self :biggrin:
or as tmyapp would say, :biggirn: :p
Ludacris
08-25-2002, 01:58 PM
I think someone already post a similar topic and it didn't change anything........and lots of old vets come back sometimes so I don' think they would like it if they'd come back and see that their account have been deleted..........
Toon-Ryu
08-25-2002, 02:49 PM
I think someone already post a similar topic and it didn't change anything........and lots of old vets come back sometimes so I don' think they would like it if they'd come back and see that their account have been deleted..........
i kind of agree :uhoh: