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Title: 138 members have never made a post
Post by: RandomTiger on August 30, 2002, 07:29:08 pm
138 supposed 'members' have never made a post to the HL boards. Also 318 more members have not made a post this year.

This is our of a total 951 members so almost half of this comunity is not active.
Title: 138 members have never made a post
Post by: an0n on August 30, 2002, 07:30:08 pm
1/3rd

I keep saying they should delete the inactives but no-one ever listens.
Title: 138 members have never made a post
Post by: RandomTiger on August 30, 2002, 07:42:23 pm
138 + 318 = 456 = 48% of 951

The 318 have posted, just not his year.
Title: 138 members have never made a post
Post by: Knight Templar on August 30, 2002, 07:56:53 pm
:headz: .......

............

.....

:headz: !!!

:( :( :(

(not to go off topic but why were those taken anyways?)
Title: 138 members have never made a post
Post by: Whitelight on August 30, 2002, 08:56:36 pm
One reason I can think of is that some of them can`t remember there passwords:wtf: It`s as good as any explanation I guess, or erm:nervous:
Title: 138 members have never made a post
Post by: Zeronet on August 30, 2002, 09:18:05 pm
No, they register but never get around to doing anything and loose interest.
Title: 138 members have never made a post
Post by: JR2000Z on August 30, 2002, 09:19:37 pm
Or they forgot the URL.
Title: 138 members have never made a post
Post by: Carl on August 30, 2002, 10:03:35 pm
i will bring this up in the staff forum.
Title: 138 members have never made a post
Post by: Grey Wolf on August 30, 2002, 11:15:26 pm
Or the first is an error-riddle one where they send the password (using the old made-up password system) to a email account which was mine minus one of the T's.....
Title: 138 members have never made a post
Post by: Ulundel on August 31, 2002, 01:46:04 am
Or they register because they have nothing better to do.
Title: 138 members have never made a post
Post by: Knight Templar on August 31, 2002, 02:02:32 am
my friend registered but doesn't post because he "forgets" or "doesn't have anything to say"
Title: 138 members have never made a post
Post by: Fineus on August 31, 2002, 02:09:46 am
Keep in mind that going through and clearing every account that's not posted or not posted in the last year is a fair bit of trawling to do...
Title: 138 members have never made a post
Post by: Knight Templar on August 31, 2002, 02:16:30 am
no no thunder, have one of your lackys do it. you know like styxx or uh Sandwhich. ;)
Title: 138 members have never made a post
Post by: Fineus on August 31, 2002, 03:34:02 am
They're their own lackys - not mine (heh, though I wish ;)) but I was just pointing it out, it's a fair bit of work for anyone on a 56K... like me ;)
Title: 138 members have never made a post
Post by: Sandwich on August 31, 2002, 05:21:14 am
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Originally posted by Thunder
They're their own lackys - not mine (heh, though I wish ;)) but I was just pointing it out, it's a fair bit of work for anyone on a 56K... like me ;)


Actually, it would be fairly easy via a well-crafted SQL command. Something along the lines of:

Code: [Select]
[size=3]DELETE * FROM users WHERE users.postcount='0' AND
 users.registered_date < '{unix timestamp equivalent of, say, Sept 1, 2001}'[/size]

...or something like that - Styxx will probably :headz: me for that makeshift code. :p

Of course, all the relevant tables will have to be checked and re-checked for cross-references, and it's the kind of thing that should be thoroughly tested on a testbed vB copy at home. But it could be done. :D
Title: 138 members have never made a post
Post by: Dr.Zer0 on August 31, 2002, 05:24:14 am
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Originally posted by JR2000Z
Or they forgot the URL.


yeah, I thinks thats more like it, 3dap.com/hlp is a relly big URL :nod:
Title: 138 members have never made a post
Post by: Redfang on August 31, 2002, 05:27:53 am
Yeah, I think that if you haven't made a post for year you should be deleted...
 
I don't think that anyone will be gone for year and then coming back.
Title: 138 members have never made a post
Post by: RandomTiger on August 31, 2002, 06:46:11 am
You might want to check on the last time a 'unactive user' sent a private message before deleting them.
Title: 138 members have never made a post
Post by: Tiara on August 31, 2002, 06:51:13 am
nm

*runs*
Title: 138 members have never made a post
Post by: Scorpius on August 31, 2002, 07:57:04 am
Why do you think my post count is so low? and yet Ive been here one month after this place opened... Ive been gone for at least a year before... If this makes any sense, well, you think on a level different from me :p

wait, I thought this place was 2 years old. oops then forget what I said up there :D
I need more sleep
Title: 138 members have never made a post
Post by: vyper on August 31, 2002, 08:19:49 am
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Originally posted by Scorpius
Why do you think my post count is so low? and yet Ive been here one month after this place opened... Ive been gone for at least a year before... If this makes any sense, well, you think on a level different from me :p

wait, I thought this place was 2 years old. oops then forget what I said up there :D
I need more sleep




Title: 138 members have never made a post
Post by: Stunaep on August 31, 2002, 08:32:52 am
Well, I registered in october 2001, and until february 2002 my  post count was... 12 posts or so. I read the more interesting threads, but rarely replied, for.... well, mostly cuz I either didn't bother, or had nothing to say that hadn't been said already.

And now... well, you can see.

On a totally different note, WHY WAS :headz: AND :snipe: lost!!!!????
Title: 138 members have never made a post
Post by: Styxx on September 01, 2002, 05:49:49 pm
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Originally posted by Sandwich
...or something like that - Styxx will probably :headz: me for that makeshift code. :p


;7

Actually, that's pretty close to it, except for the lack of a proper call to "to_date". ;)

And I don't want to delete all that people, what did they do wrong? It's so nice to see such a high number of registered people on the forum information panel...

:D
Title: 138 members have never made a post
Post by: Sandwich on September 01, 2002, 06:03:40 pm
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Originally posted by Styxx
And I don't want to delete all that people, what did they do wrong? It's so nice to see such a high number of registered people on the forum information panel...

:D


Well, I've been convinced to leave them with us (it didn't take much... :p), but this brings up another idea: how about we email them with reminders about their registration and stuff - just to say "Hey, we care." :wink:
Title: 138 members have never made a post
Post by: penguin on September 01, 2002, 09:34:54 pm
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Originally posted by Sandwich


Well, I've been convinced to leave them with us (it didn't take much... :p), but this brings up another idea: how about we email them with reminders about their registration and stuff - just to say "Hey, we care." :wink:
... and see how many of those mails bounce :rolleyes:

FYI My post count was pretty low for my first six months here (and I was a lurker for a few months prior to registering).  I didn't have much to say until the source code was released.  Now (to quote Shrek) "It's getting him to shut up that's the trick" :p
Title: 138 members have never made a post
Post by: RandomTiger on September 02, 2002, 04:12:01 am
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Originally posted by Sandwich


Well, I've been convinced to leave them with us (it didn't take much... :p), but this brings up another idea: how about we email them with reminders about their registration and stuff - just to say "Hey, we care." :wink:


Makes sense.
Title: You guys are generous...
Post by: Star Dragon on September 02, 2002, 06:45:48 am
I'd kick anyone who hadn't posted at all in a year and no new messages in 6 months! If you're THAT uninterested in anything then why be here? Unless your just 100% Voyuer(SP?)...

Hey what are YOU looking at? :wtf:
Title: 138 members have never made a post
Post by: HotSnoJ on September 02, 2002, 07:11:23 am
Well they might be like me, a fly on the wall. I just post when I think I got something to say, or ask. It also might be that they want to ask a question but they have to register to do that. So they just register and ask then look a few days later and see what the answers are and leave.
Title: 138 members have never made a post
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on September 02, 2002, 01:47:18 pm
These people take up usernames that others could use.

Hotsnoj! You're a Hardwar fan?!?
Title: 138 members have never made a post
Post by: HotSnoJ on September 02, 2002, 02:09:26 pm
Ya. Are you one too? Well here is the main Hardwar forum out there. Captain Zedo (http://pub55.ezboard.com/bhardwarbulletinboard55546)
Title: 138 members have never made a post
Post by: CP5670 on September 02, 2002, 02:26:21 pm
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It`s as good as any explanation I guess, or erm


Here's another explanation: perhaps all of us "regulars" have 30 usernames each but nobody wants to tell anyone else about that. :D

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Yeah, I think that if you haven't made a post for year you should be deleted...

I don't think that anyone will be gone for year and then coming back.


Only problem is that this might include some of the less active admins. :p :D
Title: 138 members have never made a post
Post by: Sandwich on September 02, 2002, 02:34:54 pm
Guys, it's a moot point. I don't think there's any chance of us trimming member registrations, and even if we did, it would be limited to members who have never made a post. Which nicely excludes that certain admin, since he's is precisely as far away from having never posted as they get. :D

But we aren't anyways, so drop it, m'kay? :D
Title: 138 members have never made a post
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on September 03, 2002, 12:56:30 pm
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Originally posted by hotsnoj
Ya. Are you one too? Well here is the main Hardwar forum out there. Captain Zedo (http://pub55.ezboard.com/bhardwarbulletinboard55546)


Yah, i've seen it before. I have made better moth skins than those!

BTW, whats your fave moth?
Title: 138 members have never made a post
Post by: Stealth on September 03, 2002, 12:58:05 pm
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Originally posted by Petrarch of th VBB


Yah, i've seen it before. I have made better moth skins than those!

BTW, whats your fave moth?


awwck, it's an EZ-Board!!! :( :( :( :( :(

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

there's no limit to how many members you can have, is there?