Zero Posters

[Maxtr0sity]

I was just curious kirupa. Why is there like, over 500 people on the forum that has 0 post count and yet no one bothers to take them out? Usually many forums have automatic thing where if you have 0 post count for more than a week, it automatically removes you. I'm just curious.

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[Jasninder]

i call them inactive members :P

[Cello]

Max - one of the many good things about this forum is that it is based on inclusion not exclusion :)

[Yates]

I remmeber when I first found this site (through Spoono) I signed up for a name and didn't post until like 3 months later... so don't delete those names!

Plus, database storage is to ridiculously huge typically, usually it doesn't matter too much. I haven't noticed any slow loading queries.

[Jasninder]

wud u guys believe i registrd myslf here in jan and never posted anything till apr i ges :-s

[telekinesis]

I posted the first day I joined! :thumb:

[Voetsjoeba]

Almost everybody does, they have a question, they find this forum, want to ask the question, but can't because they aren't registered, so they register and ask their question. There are a lot of users that have 2 - 5 posts from that thread they posted. And sometimes, after a long while, they return and ask another question.

[RelandR]

there are many forums that have tons of zero posters ... and for a long time too

This was brought up a while back and probably not a bad idea,
...maybe after about 6 months (of 0 visits) an email could be auto-generated to offer them to "opt in" or be deleted (?)

they really don't take up any space to speak of, it is just the unavailability of names that would be an issue

[Johnny64]

Well i register on every forum i come across :P

so where i came back(if i came back) i can just ask a Q with no "you must reregister" story :}

[SureShot]

I think we have a few guys here who post enough to make up for the 500 zero posters ;)

I think 6 month's is a good term, I mean, they prolly wouldnt remember if they registered anyway!

[mdipi]

but see then you get people who dont maybe have that e-mail account anymore, and it becomes a hassel. it is a good idea though.

dan i did hte same hting :thumb:

[kirupa]

I just figured I will leave them. I am not sure why they signed up, but if they did, they must have had a reason. As long as they are NOT active, the server could care less about their existence or non-existence.

[Yeldarb]

plus, i bet there are plenty of lurkers, who just read threads of other peoples questions and try to learn stuff

[Coppertop]

I do that. I also post when I can't find stuff. I posted the second I finnished registration!

[Maxtr0sity]

Originally posted by Yeldarb
plus, i bet there are plenty of lurkers, who just read threads of other peoples questions and try to learn stuff
Most of us lurk + spam. :trout:

[kh3mical]

this is sorta like my birthdays. my birthday was in march and the party was in october. lol

[Jasninder]

Originally posted by kirupa
I just figured I will leave them. I am not sure why they signed up, but if they did, they must have had a reason. As long as they are NOT active, the server could care less about their existence or non-existence.




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[mlk]

yeah - and it make kirupaforumcom much bigger than it is :b:

[kirupa]

...it's all about the plot to take over the world mlk ;)

[Yeldarb]

how many total members are there?

[kh3mical]

like 6200 i think.

[I am the Noah]

I think someone shouldnt be deleted just because they dont post, i dont post often, but I read almost everything on the forum, like 85% worth. They might do the same, but not post... at all

[T-O]

some of them just wanted to read a topic ad then never come back

[asphaltcowboy]

but you dont have to be registered to read the forum right?

[I am the Noah]

No, but they don't know that :P