Obsolete users

JSWolf · 01-05-2013, 10:47 AM

How long must a user not have logged into MR before that user is deleted from the registered user list? I do think it would be a good idea to purge MR of inactive users that have not logged in for a certain period of time.

My thinking on this is that two years would do very well.

HarryT · 01-05-2013, 10:53 AM

Never. We don't delete users, and never will. There's no reason to do so.

JSWolf · 01-05-2013, 10:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryT

Never. We don't delete users, and never will. There's no reason to do so.

To streamline the database and wen dong a search by user, you may get less users showing up as you type.

Iznogood · 01-05-2013, 11:18 AM

If we started deleting users, how will we ever reach 200.000 users? It would ruin everything

spindlegirl · 01-05-2013, 11:33 AM

There was one site I had not logged into for 3-4 years and then my interest in it piqued again and I logged in and was relieved my username and password still worked. Sometimes a shift in life happens and people's reasons for not being continuous on websites are all different.

PeterT · 01-06-2013, 12:53 AM

Not only that; if you delete old users what is to prevent a new user registering with the now available name, and causing a great deal of confusion.

Jellby · 01-06-2013, 04:28 AM

And what would happen to posts written by deleted users? And what about conversations between deleted users?

kennyc · 01-06-2013, 07:12 AM

It's like belief in the afterlife, is it heaven or hell?

Billi · 01-06-2013, 07:31 AM

How does the software work with banned users? I don't mean long time posters like Happy Terd or Recluse but one-time spammers. Are they deleted immediately and their names free to be used again? Or do they clutter the database?

HarryT · 01-06-2013, 09:17 AM

They stay on the system.

GeoffC · 01-07-2013, 07:13 AM

Who's he calling "obsolete"?

kennyc · 01-07-2013, 07:22 AM

There are other words.....

rhadin · 01-07-2013, 07:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kennyc

It's like belief in the afterlife, is it heaven or hell?

I guess that depends on who is sitting next to me -- Rosamunde Pike or Sarah Palin

kennyc · 01-07-2013, 07:29 AM

Maybe just Limbo (or is that Limbaugh?)

01-05-2013, 10:47 AM	#1
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 80,784 Karma: 150249619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Obsolete users How long must a user not have logged into MR before that user is deleted from the registered user list? I do think it would be a good idea to purge MR of inactive users that have not logged in for a certain period of time. My thinking on this is that two years would do very well.

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01-05-2013, 10:53 AM	#2
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,560 Karma: 93980341 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Never. We don't delete users, and never will. There's no reason to do so.

01-05-2013, 11:18 AM	#4
Iznogood Guru Posts: 932 Karma: 15752887 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Norway Device: Ipad, kindle paperwhite	If we started deleting users, how will we ever reach 200.000 users? It would ruin everything

01-05-2013, 11:33 AM	#5
spindlegirl Wizard Posts: 1,594 Karma: 21245891 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra h20, Paperwhite 2017, Phone & Tablet w Moonreader	There was one site I had not logged into for 3-4 years and then my interest in it piqued again and I logged in and was relieved my username and password still worked. Sometimes a shift in life happens and people's reasons for not being continuous on websites are all different.

01-06-2013, 12:53 AM	#6
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,698 Karma: 79983758 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	Not only that; if you delete old users what is to prevent a new user registering with the now available name, and causing a great deal of confusion.

01-06-2013, 04:28 AM	#7
Jellby frumious Bandersnatch Posts: 7,570 Karma: 20150435 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spaniard in Sweden Device: Cybook Orizon, Kobo Aura	And what would happen to posts written by deleted users? And what about conversations between deleted users?

01-06-2013, 07:12 AM	#8
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,930 Karma: 119747553 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2 & PW, Onyx Boox Go6	It's like belief in the afterlife, is it heaven or hell?

01-06-2013, 07:31 AM	#9
Billi Wizard Posts: 3,388 Karma: 14190103 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Berlin Device: Cybook, iRex, PB, Onyx	How does the software work with banned users? I don't mean long time posters like Happy Terd or Recluse but one-time spammers. Are they deleted immediately and their names free to be used again? Or do they clutter the database?

01-06-2013, 09:17 AM	#10
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,560 Karma: 93980341 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	They stay on the system.

01-07-2013, 07:13 AM	#11
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	Who's he calling "obsolete"?

01-07-2013, 07:22 AM	#12
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,930 Karma: 119747553 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2 & PW, Onyx Boox Go6	There are other words.....

01-07-2013, 07:29 AM	#14
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,930 Karma: 119747553 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2 & PW, Onyx Boox Go6	Maybe just Limbo (or is that Limbaugh?)