Delete Inactive Forum Accounts

[Harris|DareDevilMan1]

I've noticed that there are a lot of forum accounts that have been inactive for even 5 months or haven't even made a post, while have made an account really long ago. My suggestion is to delete an account if it has been inactive for over 6 months (Half a year).

 

[Brandon6895]

Why?

 

[Thapple_]

Well... What if those people want to come back?

 

[Harris|DareDevilMan1]

Why?

To "clear" the forums

Well... What if those people want to come back?

I didn't think about it that well... But I see lots of people that sometimes make an account to just get shown to the "Latest Member" and then post nothing.

 

[Thapple_]

To "clear" the forums


I didn't think about it that well... But I see lots of people that sometimes make an account to just get shown to the "Latest Member" and then post nothing.

Well, yes that does happen and people do do that, but I think it is too risky. But I do like the idea.

 

[iMightTroll]

Don't see a reason to, people have owned accounts before and came back to them after a couple of months.

 

[Miko_]

To "clear" the forums


I didn't think about it that well... But I see lots of people that sometimes make an account to just get shown to the "Latest Member" and then post nothing.

Well, if they're not posting, then you're technically not "clearing the forums". Also, people register just to buy donator ranks, and for all we know, they may actually become active on the forums later. Just seems like a pointless idea to me.

At least send them a message saying if they don't respond to the message their account will be wiped. Some warning seems appropriate.

 

[bob_brickman99]

yesh definitely

 

[Porkstorm]

My account would have been deleted twice by now, so no. Also one of the highest posting members (stjinn) would have wasted his time having his account deleted.

 

[Harris|DareDevilMan1]

Well, if they're not posting, then you're technically not "clearing the forums". Also, people register just to buy donator ranks, and for all we know, they may actually become active on the forums later. Just seems like a pointless idea to me.

At least send them a message saying if they don't respond to the message their account will be wiped. Some warning seems appropriate.

Yea, this.

 

[boboy1999]

I think that would be a terrible idea and it would only get people mad. The inactive accounts aren't hurting anyone so why delete them?