User Pruning

[I-NemesiS01]

As part of our new policy regarding registered members with 0 posts, around 14,000 inactive accounts have been cleared from our database. These deletions affect all those who registered before 1-2-2004 (that's 1st february for those not familiar with technical terms). :wtf:

We will also be operating this policy every 2-3 months where members who register and do not post will have their accounts cleared from our system, apologies to those who are adversely affected by this. :wtf:

If you are an unregistered member reading this post, please do not waste your time and ours registering an account if you have no intentions of using it, you are free to read the forums without registering so there is no need to create an account for this purpose. :wtf:

[Electro]

Brill , brill thingy that is , i mean , why do they join ???? , never log in , since i've been here , the names of ppl i name form the top of my head who post alot are : amybee , ilovemygc77 , phatbowser ,john ross and a few more , thats it , its stupid , y join if you're not gunna post ???

[Revolver-Ocelot]

People lose the link? change there mind? can't be bothered? done it myself. :)

[30111987]

great move :thumb:

i take it you kept the email addresses for spam purposes :upto:

[I-NemesiS01]

No, couldn't be bothered, the damn database ran out of memory just searching for 0 posters so if I had tried to compile email addresses it might have gone nuclear. :vacant:

[Popcynical]

Good, I was going to suggest this myself, but never got around to asking.

[Starfantazy]

Hey, the perfect opporunity to post for the 100th time and show off my new sig. Did you then get rid of a certain somebody who is generally annoying named greeneryh2o? thank you!! :thumb:

[Gazza54b]

He's gone amy :thumb:

[Electro]

Hey, the perfect opporunity to post for the 100th time and show off my new sig. Did you then get rid of a certain somebody who is generally annoying named greeneryh2o? thank you!! :thumb:Congrats :thumb:

[Starfantazy]

He's gone amy :thumb:

Oh thank you so very much, I'm glad you got rid of that trash. Sorry he was such a bother! :thumb:

[Electro]

What did he do :thumb:

[Blondi]

This is soooooooooo way off topic, but if you must know, Gamers Gateway will NOT put up with any harrassment of its members :huh:



btw: Good idea about the pruning Nem :)

[I-NemesiS01]

Yes, next to go are those members who can't spell. :thumb:

[QuizMaster]

Whew, check out that member list. This has really made a difference. Kudos :thumb:

[Gazza54b]

Good clearout Nem :thumb:

[Loop]

Weren't we not going to do this? With less than 3000 members, hasn't GG's ranking in various search engines just tool a powerful nosedive?

[Starfantazy]

I like it just the way it is! :cool: I mean sure I'd be happy to welcome more people, but a few of them didn't look very interested anyways (or just not very nice) and that's why they weren't posting. I truly love this site and I think everyone else who is still here does too! I know I'm not a moderator, but hey, this is my opinion.

[Sman25000]

yeah... it kinda did...

Let me ask something though... how does this effect me if i have posted?

[QuizMaster]

Weren't we not going to do this? With less than 3000 members, hasn't GG's ranking in various search engines just tool a powerful nosedive?

That is what I was thinking. However, as somebody has recently put it:

"I'd rather have 200 regulars than 16,000 non-posters"

[Sman25000]

Yeah i agree, except i wouldn't want that many regulars... I'd want about 50 regs maybe, but you wouldn't be able to remember anbody

[Loop]

yeah... it kinda did...

Let me ask something though... how does this effect me if i have posted?

It won't. Nem DID say it'll only affect people with 0 posts.

[Talmon]

Yes, next to go are those members who can't spell. :thumb:
Why must you single me out?

[Loop]

Why must you internalise everything?

Why, why, WHY... Delilah?!
He's only gone and had his Weetabix!!!

[Talmon]

Why must you accuse me of internaliseing everthing?

[I-NemesiS01]

Weren't we not going to do this? With less than 3000 members, hasn't GG's ranking in various search engines just tool a powerful nosedive?

Err...no. :rolleyes:

[Alexandros]

Good idea, though I miss seeing the 15800 members count.

Yes, next to go are those members who can't spell.
I ought to be safe. :D

[Lord E]

That is what I was thinking. However, as somebody has recently put it:

"I'd rather have 200 regulars than 16,000 non-posters"

Twas me. Aren't I clever :O There should be a much lighter-load on the database now :D But the removed stuff isn't really relevant to the things being used and viewed by regulars, so I doubt it'll make things any quicker for anyone who used to find the forums slow. But ya never know :D

[I-NemesiS01]

I also removed all previous attachments that were made to the forum, since we don't allow attachments anymore there was no real need to keep the old ones. :wtf:

[Lord E]

Even the almighty scott-the-nun picture? :wtf:

[I-NemesiS01]

Oh yes, even that travesty. :wtf:

And that one of you wearing your mums knickers. :vacant:

[Lord E]

Good job i saved the nun one the other day then to annoy scott with :D

[Masta Loki]

Yeah i agree, except i wouldn't want that many regulars... I'd want about 50 regs maybe, but you wouldn't be able to remember anbody

Like on gamefaqs, there are so many people on there. I cant tell if their regs or non-posters. It would be impossible to keep track of them all.

[Phatbowser]

Do not understand why so many members won't post. But Nemesis just give em' a private message letting them know that if they do not post by tomorrow, their membership will be canceled. :thumb:

P.S. Not telling what to do just a suggestion :thumb:

[Starfantazy]

I hopre I spmell koay :lol: Just kidding!

[Gazza54b]

Do not understand why so many members won't post. But Nemesis just give em' a private message letting them know that if they do not post by tomorrow, their membership will be canceled. :thumb:

P.S. Not telling what to do just a suggestion :thumb:

Good idea in theory, but not in practice. The time it would take to moniter who is and who isn't posting would take forever and Nem like me and the rest of the mods do not have the time to go through all the non posters. Perhaps we could get Blondi to add to her welcome message to new members that unless they post their accounts will be deleted after 3 months, which i believe is the time period that Nem is going to prune out zero posters.

[Blondi]

^^^Sounds good to me Boss, adding it right now :thumb:

[Starfantazy]

um... I just found out that our phone line will be disconnected for an uncertain amount of time. :( . I think after awhile I should have my own phone line again and I will be on here asap.

[Fatman]

If you would bother to read, its only pruning people with 0 posts...

Even if I joined two years ago, made 1 post, then left, my account would still be here...

[I-NemesiS01]

If you would bother to read, its only pruning people with 0 posts...


Hurrah, at last somebody actually bothered to read what I posted. :vacant:

[Lord E]

And his country suck at Rugby :O So surely everyone else can understand :O

[Starfantazy]

I didn't mean to! :upto: I promise! I posted before I was on the last page and didn't realize it until I read Fatman's post! Sorry, won't happen again! :thumb:

[Alanakii]

Good idea, though I miss seeing the 15800 members count.


I ought to be safe. :D
I can spell i just can get going real fast and..... oh screw it.

Jess, stop double posting, use the EDIT button, I have done it for you this time, but in the future please, just EDIT :) /Blondi

so now u have all these people who posted once just to keep thier accounts.whenwill it end? :head: :huh:

[Sephiroth_Blade]

Yes, next to go are those members who can't spell. :thumb:

NNNNNOOOOOOOOO!

Oh waitaminit...YES!!!!

Anyway, good idea. I remember seeing a guy in the old birthdays thing that was fifty..... I just really want to change my name....

[Eldandoerino]

So i'll just take this chance to say good job nem :thumb:

[Phatbowser]

Just create a thread in the news section writing what I was talking about earlier about not posting or their membership is canceled, simple.