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Just thought of something. Locotus, could you make a best-fit exponential curve to approximate when we'll reach 100K?
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"You're the biggest user of hindsight that I've ever known. Your favorite team, in any sport, is the one that just won. If you were a woman, you'd likely be a slut." - Slowwhand, to Imran
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Deleting some users comes up in every one of these threads, yet strangely noone has ever come up with an argument that withstood scrutiny as to why it would be beneficial.Comment
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Deleting nonfunctioning users would save space. Wouldn't that be beneficial?Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.Comment
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The benefits have been described as very small to none, and the hassle would be far larger.
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But it would be Mark and Dan's hassle, wouldn't it?
AsmodeanIm not sure what Baruk Khazad is , but if they speak Judeo-Dwarvish, that would be "blessed are the dwarves" - lord of the markComment
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Yes, and do you really want them diverting scarce time away from things that do matter to us?
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Deleting users would allow people to use usernames that they want instead of becoming "John3987397" or something of that sort
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Hey, if apolyton ever started losing traffic, the email idea might be a good idea to increase traffic and get people back. (not with any deletion threat, but as just a "hey, we still exist" sort of message)
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This is probably the best argument I have ever seen for deleting posters.Originally posted by DarkCloud
Deleting users would allow people to use usernames that they want instead of becoming "John3987397" or something of that sort
AsmodeanIm not sure what Baruk Khazad is , but if they speak Judeo-Dwarvish, that would be "blessed are the dwarves" - lord of the markComment
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I posted the 6000 one. Or better, the big prediction of it being soon
My reg# is 5542
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oh, 5541 in fact
5542 is some German called Irgendeieneeweqtttt with post count 0
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Thats better handled on a case-by-case basis. Tass wants to use an already registered name, Ming has said he will delete the old poster and give Tass his name if the old poster doesn't show up in x amount of time.Originally posted by DarkCloud
Deleting users would allow people to use usernames that they want instead of becoming "John3987397" or something of that sort
I'm building a wagon! On some other part of the internets, obviously (but not that other site).Comment
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I don't think it would take to much time to delete old users. All you have to do is write a program that automatically deletes any users which haven't logged in in a year or two.Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.Comment
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Yeah, but the benefits of doing such would have to outweigh the effort of programming it, and the risk that you don't accidently delete active users.I'm building a wagon! On some other part of the internets, obviously (but not that other site).Comment
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But people might get discouraged from registering if they, for example, typeThats better handled on a case-by-case basis. Tass wants to use an already registered name, Ming has said he will delete the old poster and give Tass his name if the old poster doesn't show up in x amount of time.
"caesar"----> REJECTED IN USE
"caesar augustus"----> REJECTED IN USE
"caesar caligula"----> REJECTED IN USE
"the caesar"----> REJECTED IN USE
and so on...
I know I get discouraged when my usernames are continually taken...
deleting anyone who hasn't accessed the site since this date in 1999 would be a good policy... they've had a good 3 years... if they had wanted to come back- they would have
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