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Amigaworld.net News   Amigaworld.net News : Removal of inactive accounts
   posted by DaveyD on 30-Oct-2006 8:47:17 (8084 reads)
All user accounts (1814 users) that haven't been used (logged-in) for 18 months (1.5 years) or more will be removed on Friday 3rd November. If you wish to keep your account please login before Friday.

    

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niceguy1979 
Re: Removal of inactive accounts
Posted on 30-Oct-2006 9:36:13
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what classes as inactive? (This is probably a moot point because I've posted this comment, but I thought it was worth asking) Do you need to just sign in to keep your account active or is it a post that you need to make?

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Re: Removal of inactive accounts
Posted on 30-Oct-2006 10:00:14
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DaveyD: should this information remain sticky for some time to give the users the possibility to see this message. Five days are not enough (IMHO).

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Re: Removal of inactive accounts
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If you wish to keep your account please login before Friday.


I guess not logged in sins the specified time means inactive.


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Re: Removal of inactive accounts
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greetings

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Foody 
Re: Removal of inactive accounts
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I will just say hi ones a while to prevent me going bye bye..though looking at the number of posts I have made, there shall be no fear of that your majesty!

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_PAB_ 
Re: Removal of inactive accounts
Posted on 30-Oct-2006 12:05:52
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I would make a little php script and send an email to all those inactive accounts.


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Bodie_CI5 
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Posted on 30-Oct-2006 12:18:26
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@Foody, I would hope not!

/me looks to the left


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@niceguy1979
Quote:
what classes as inactive?


Users that have not logged in for 18 months or more.


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Re: Removal of inactive accounts
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@ Davey_D
Thats quite a scary number. Probably a sign of the times i guess.


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Kicko 
Re: Removal of inactive accounts
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Just remove them ;)

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JDJD 
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eh!! Im here in the shadows

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RWO 
Re: Removal of inactive accounts
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Lets make a little game, guess how many there will be deleted

My Guess is 1500

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Re: Removal of inactive accounts
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I am sorry RWO I am too distracted on your Avatar to even notice anything else

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yak 
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Posted on 30-Oct-2006 14:02:48
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I think it's a good decision. 18 months is enough.

Greetz
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_Steve_ 
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Well the number is lower than it was when I did a spot check about 8-12 months ago. Back then, the number of accounts that hadn't logged in for more than 12 months was in the 2-2400 range.


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Or me !

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yak 
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You see, there are people that don't post much, only read the forums. So the community is a bit bigger than those few that discuss every topic on 10+ pages . However, accounts of those hidden ones are safe because they log in and that's enough to keep their account. And if they don't log in, then they don't need the account.

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Posted on 30-Oct-2006 15:58:34
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@yak

Quote:
And if they don't log in, then they don't need the account.

Why? Do you mean that they can read the whole site or participate in polls
without logging in?
If so, that is categorically untrue.
xoops polls (at right) require log for both voting and reading the comments,
while polls in threads and comments on those polls do not.
You will also see links at left of AW front page that are not accessible unless
logged in.
So....even merely reading the entire site is not possible without log in.
It's something to think about before deciding NOT to register. You miss out on
some of the AW site contents.

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