Unused accounts

[Mystery]

Why are there so many accounts that haven't been or little used on this forum? Just going through the members list ive seen like 20 accounts with 1 or 2 posts that joined a year ago and havent come online since they joined. How much space does an account take up anyway?

[_Holly_]

I guess there are people who just like to lurk. I lurked for a really long time before I even posted at all...

If they posted a couple of times and then never came back, I figure they probably either forgot about this site or just lost interest in it.

I think accounts get deleted if they're inactive for a long amount of time. I had an ancient account I never posted on and forgot the password to that appears to be gone now.

[Mystery]

Originally Posted by _Holly_

I guess there are people who just like to lurk. I lurked for a really long time before I even posted at all...

If they posted a couple of times and then never came back, I figure they probably either forgot about this site or just lost interest in it.

I think accounts get deleted if they're inactive for a long amount of time. I had an ancient account I never posted on and forgot the password to that appears to be gone now.

Well, ive seen this 1 account (not naming names) that has 0 posts, joined january 2005, and the last time he was on was the day he joined o.o

[Phillies]

Originally Posted by _Holly_

I guess there are people who just like to lurk. I lurked for a really long time before I even posted at all...

If they posted a couple of times and then never came back, I figure they probably either forgot about this site or just lost interest in it.

I think accounts get deleted if they're inactive for a long amount of time. I had an ancient account I never posted on and forgot the password to that appears to be gone now.

I used to lurk around on this site for about 4 months before I started posting.

So I think that most people just lurk around.

Originally Posted by Mystery

Well, ive seen this 1 account (not naming names) that has 0 posts, joined january 2005, and the last time he was on was the day he joined o.o

Well most people probably just make an account just to have one. I know that's what I did. Or they could have made the account and didn't like the site, so they left.

[Mystery]

Lurking isnt the problem, its the people who just don't use the account to see anything, as long as they come online its fine but if they just forget about their account or hate the site they should at least tell the mods..

[Phillies]

Originally Posted by Mystery

Lurking isnt the problem, its the people who just don't use the account to see anything, as long as they come online its fine but if they just forget about their account or hate the site they should at least tell the mods..

But if they forget about the site, how are they going to remember to tell the mods? The person is probably a new member and probably doesn't realize you have to tell them if you want your account deleted. I know if I had an unused TTC account, I wouldn't tell the mods to delete it, I would keep it just incase if I wanted to come back.

[Mystery]

Originally Posted by Phillies

But if they forget about the site, how are they going to remember to tell the mods? The person is probably a new member and probably doesn't realize you have to tell them if you want your account deleted. I know if I had an unused TTC account, I wouldn't tell the mods to delete it, I would keep it just incase if I wanted to come back.

If they forget about the site (which is kinda impossible, since everytime you use the internet that thing drags down with the recently visited sites), theres nothing they can do. They should use common sense and try to track down the way they got there, or ask someone they know.

[Fox Fanatic]

Well, there could be people who join just to see the secret swapping area and steal secrets...

[Mystery]

Originally Posted by Minesweeper

Well, there could be people who join just to see the secret swapping area and steal secrets...

o.o Then their account should still be deleted... (and they can see if they haven't been on since they started)

[Rattlebones]

There is little effect on the site.
And if people register and decide not to log in again, that's up to them.

[king zz dizzyzaper]

can I set their acounts a blaze? XD

How many acounts can this site hold endless amounts?

[AJY]

wow! i just checked the members list and this one person hasnt been on since halloween of 2002 ! and only has 1 POST!

[Batleth]

Originally Posted by king zz dizzyzaper

can I set their acounts a blaze? XD

How many acounts can this site hold endless amounts?

999,999 that I'm aware of. Some vB sites have in the millions.

[Windtune]

What happens when all the accounts are full? A big clean-up, deleting old accounts that are never used?

[Mystery]

Even so, theres gunna be a time when 999,999 users are registered, 20 ppl register every day (probably more)..