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I have just exterminated roughly 150 users who signed up more than a month ago and had not yet posted anything. May their names be soon forgotten.

AdmiralKanos wrote:I have just exterminated roughly 150 users who signed up more than a month ago and had not yet posted anything. May their names be soon forgotten.

How would we learn their names if they never posted? I mean true, there is that "Our latest newbie is" on the top right- but I doubt most people check that on a regular basis. I mean, there is really nothing to forget.....

There are also users registered over a year ago who made less than 1 or two posts.

You know, as a lurker a some other forums, I don't know if I like the sound of that.

4+ years at apolyton had gave me <50 posts, thanks to no post counts in Off topic forums.

evilcat4000 wrote:There are also users registered over a year ago who made less than 1 or two posts.

Some people like to lurk, so as long as they make at least one post, I have no problem with the account being there.

SWPIGWANG wrote:You know, as a lurker a some other forums, I don't know if I like the sound of that.

4+ years at apolyton had gave me <50 posts, thanks to no post counts in Off topic forums.

Nearly a thousand posts and 2 years here and you still don't know use the coding right. Fixed your sig for you.

I was once an SD.net lurker

Being a lurker is good.

Indeed it is. Less opportunities to make an ass of yourself.

Then again, it also makes it much harder to join the BotM. Oh well, everything in life is a tradeoff...

Archaic` wrote:Indeed it is. Less opportunities to make an ass of yourself.

Then again, it also makes it much harder to join the BotM. Oh well, everything in life is a tradeoff...

True. But also, less opportunities to mock others who make asses of themselves.

Although you could end up making an ass of yourself while mocking other asses....

I see no point in lurking. That would deprive the board of my lovable personality.

Haha, I used to be a lurker as well, hence my really old startup date...Then I figured I might as well dive in
Not much that bad has happened since...

The first time i visited this board i didn't waste time lurking,i jumped in real fast,well it was after hearing "how evil SD.net was"

Any chance we can carry that purge over to people that annoy me?

Stormbringer wrote:Any chance we can carry that purge over to people that annoy me?

Why do i have the feeling there is something hovering above to squish me?

Stormbringer wrote:Any chance we can carry that purge over to people that annoy me?

You've got a Sword of Damacles hanging in your closet just for that day, don't you?

evilcat4000 wrote:There are also users registered over a year ago who made less than 1 or two posts.

Deleting those accounts would result in dozens, maybe hundreds of posts in the regular forums by "Guest". Most of them would be in long-buried threads, but it's still undesireable.

I'm lucky users weren't purged when I first joined. I'm pretty sure that there was a good long while where I totally forgot about my account here until a friend reminded me.

Fighter of Foo wrote:I'm lucky users weren't purged when I first joined. I'm pretty sure that there was a good long while where I totally forgot about my account here until a friend reminded me.

It wouldn't be a big deal if you had. All you would have had to do was sign up again. You could have even used the same name, if I understand how the database works correctly.

Gil Hamilton wrote:I see no point in lurking. That would deprive the board of my lovable personality.

I don't have a problem with lurking, but as I see it, if someone is going to register to only look at the threads, they could at least bother making a post every once in a while, even if it's not a major contribution.

Gil Hamilton wrote:I see no point in lurking. That would deprive the board of my lovable personality.

That and those lovely little sigs. BTW, you need to make me one with Vader.

RedImperator wrote:

evilcat4000 wrote:There are also users registered over a year ago who made less than 1 or two posts.

Deleting those accounts would result in dozens, maybe hundreds of posts in the regular forums by "Guest". Most of them would be in long-buried threads, but it's still undesireable.

Actually, I'd wear I saw that before, they didn't go to just being called "Guest" but just had no more link to their name. But the name itself was still there.

Oh well, and as to Stormbringer's point...what fun would the board be with only 24 people (most of them Mods anyway) on it?

I demand to know why no one has yet made a Gulag picture to be posted on such glorious occasions as this.

Glad russia collapsed or arming my undead army would be expensive. Errr, arming them with teacups that is....

Gil Hamilton wrote:I see no point in lurking. That would deprive the board of my lovable personality.

I do try to post often, but it's.... hard. i never have anything interesting to say.