x1yyz Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 I was wondering if the moderators would consider removing old accounts? Every day there are a list of birthdays and anniversaries for people who have not logged onto the forum in years; out of the first eight anniversaries listed, only one person has logged on since 2010, and one of the old users has been banned. Can we/should we remove old accounts if the person has not logged on for, say five years or more? If we remove the old accounts it would shorten the list of birthdays and anniversaries, that's for sure. Then the milestones for active users would be easier to see. Would there be any other benefits? Would it be possible to delete the accounts without deleting posts associated with them? If accounts are removed then those user names should not be reused, lest a new user grab an old name and be confused with the old user. Would it even be possible to delete the account but leave the names unavailable? Are there any other negative impacts I'm not thinking of? These questions are not only to the mods, but to the forum as a whole. I'm wondering if others agree with me, or if I'm way off-base in suggesting this. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union 5-3992 Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 Seems quite reasonable to me. Though there are some people who come back after god knows how long, there's no reason they can't make a new account. Unless they had a bajillion posts and a reputation here before they left, I see no reason to keep them. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 :codger: :codger: :codger: :codger: :codger: :codger: :codger: :codger: 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union 5-3992 Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 I thought of one reason to keep them. Deleting them and figuring out who goes and who stays can take a while 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disembodied Spirit Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 They are not using any data. I say let them stay. I had a user name for over a year before I started posting.You never know someones motivation. Or personal business.Also how do you define with, 'someone is taking a break' as opposed to 'the band retired, no longer interested'???They are doing no harm, I say leave them be, and we can always welcome them back if they so desire 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union 5-3992 Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 They are not using any data. I say let them stay. I had a user name for over a year before I started posting.You never know someones motivation. Or personal business.Also how do you define with, 'someone is taking a break' as opposed to 'the band retired, no longer interested'???They are doing no harm, I say leave them be, and we can always welcome them back if they so desireBut she's not talking about a year. More like 6+ years.... People with very little chance of ever coming back. Someone celebrated their 10th anniversary today and they've made only one post ever. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disembodied Spirit Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 I also imagine there are members who are deceased orLost in the woods of Quebec searching for Neil's cabin..or whatever...It's just a message board, life is way more important than purging the TRF.This is not Facebook............THANK GOD 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Dad Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 Oh thosr are all my old accounts. Ive been posting here since 1976. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disembodied Spirit Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 (edited) They are not using any data. I say let them stay. I had a user name for over a year before I started posting.You never know someones motivation. Or personal business.Also how do you define with, 'someone is taking a break' as opposed to 'the band retired, no longer interested'???They are doing no harm, I say leave them be, and we can always welcome them back if they so desireBut she's not talking about a year. More like 6+ years.... People with very little chance of ever coming back. Someone celebrated their 10th anniversary today and they've made only one post ever.I do not think our admins; who do a fantastic job keeping the forum up and going;Updating servers, etc, have enough time to freely select a group of users with undetermined criteria to delete dormant accounts as their summer project.Be thankful this site stays in existence.I say leave these members alone. If 1 member comes back and helps keep Rush's music and ideas alive isn't that worth it?I understand the logic of removing old users, but we don't sell anything, it's not hurting anyone IMO... Edited July 5, 2016 by Disembodied Spirit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disembodied Spirit Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 Oh thosr are all my old accounts. Ive been posting here since 1976.Was'nt your original user name XanaduMan ?? :laughing guy: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verena Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 I was wondering if the moderators would consider removing old accounts? Every day there are a list of birthdays and anniversaries for people who have not logged onto the forum in years; out of the first eight anniversaries listed, only one person has logged on since 2010, and one of the old users has been banned. Can we/should we remove old accounts if the person has not logged on for, say five years or more? If we remove the old accounts it would shorten the list of birthdays and anniversaries, that's for sure. Then the milestones for active users would be easier to see. Would there be any other benefits? Would it be possible to delete the accounts without deleting posts associated with them? If accounts are removed then those user names should not be reused, lest a new user grab an old name and be confused with the old user. Would it even be possible to delete the account but leave the names unavailable? Are there any other negative impacts I'm not thinking of? These questions are not only to the mods, but to the forum as a whole. I'm wondering if others agree with me, or if I'm way off-base in suggesting this. I pay attention to this too, x1yyz. It's a question I've always had. Everyday I see hundreds of members with zero posts since eight years ago. I think it could have a system to assume these members left. Or it could be: members without posting bewteen 2004-2012 , which posts reach bewteen 0 and 10 get their account deleted. -- It's just an example. There are members without logging in since 2006 whose contribution was very good in fifty posts. It's something to think about. And it's not just a post count. I'm talking about the content. Well... who knows? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verena Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 Oh thosr are all my old accounts. Ive been posting here since 1976. Hehehehehe... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/07/05/19/35F890E800000578-0-image-m-4_1467742521262.jpg 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super25Smasher Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 (edited) Email the users and ask them if they still want it? Edited July 5, 2016 by Super25Smasher 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1-0-0-1-0-0-1 Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 Every once in a while we'll go through older accounts and if we see a name that has ZERO posts and hasn't been logged in with for years -- someone who joined and quickly lost interest -- we delete it. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troutman Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 Who cares either way? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disembodied Spirit Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 Every once in a while we'll go through older accounts and if we see a name that has ZERO posts and hasn't been logged in with for years -- someone who joined and quickly lost interest -- we delete it.And that is THAT. Game, Set, Match 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnRogers Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 I also imagine there are members who are deceased orLost in the woods of Quebec searching for Neil's cabin... Imagine an old username is deleted that belonged to one of the guys in the band. They try to log-in thinking they're banned from TRF. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toymaker Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 (edited) Why don't we send them a renewal notice - charge, say, maybe $49.99? If we don't hear back from them, delete their accounts. If we do hear back from them, free beer for everyone! :cheers: Edited July 6, 2016 by toymaker 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldRUSHfan Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 (edited) 73 has it. Lots of good ideas, but Admin's is the BEST. http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j223/OldRUSHfan/Banana%20World/Checkered%20Flag%20banana.gif Edited July 6, 2016 by OldRUSHfan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1-0-0-1-0-0-1 Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 Who cares either way? Yeah, it really isn't a big deal. We don't delete as many as we used to. One reason for doing it is that it frees up some good usernames. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldRUSHfan Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 Boy, I'm glad I came back when I did! LOL :codger: http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j223/OldRUSHfan/Banana%20World/Ghost%20Banana.gif 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/07/05/19/35F890E800000578-0-image-m-4_1467742521262.jpgI was wondering where I left that. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 (edited) I think we should remove some USED trf accounts. Edited July 6, 2016 by Maverick 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 Who cares either way? Yeah, it really isn't a big deal. We don't delete as many as we used to. One reason for doing it is that it frees up some good usernames.You should delete everyone for 24 hours on April 1st next year. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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