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(Q1) How soon should accounts with 0 posts be deleted?  (Q2) ... acounts with <20 posts?  (Q3) ... accounts with <150 posts?

(A1)  one week w/o posts
- 1 (2%)
(A1)  one month w/o posts
- 4 (8.2%)
(A1)  three months w/o posts
- 0 (0%)
(A1)  six months w/o posts
- 2 (4.1%)
(A1)  one year w/o posts
- 3 (6.1%)
(A1)  NEVER!
- 3 (6.1%)
(A2)  one week w/o posts
- 0 (0%)
(A2)  one month w/o posts
- 0 (0%)
(A2)  three months w/o posts
- 1 (2%)
(A2)  six months w/o posts
- 0 (0%)
(A2)  one year w/o posts
- 3 (6.1%)
(A2)  NEVER!
- 9 (18.4%)
(A3)  one week w/o posts
- 0 (0%)
(A3)  one month w/o posts
- 0 (0%)
(A3)  three months w/o posts
- 0 (0%)
(A3)  six months w/o posts
- 0 (0%)
(A3)  one year w/o posts
- 5 (10.2%)
(A3)  NEVER!
- 18 (36.7%)

Total Members Voted: 14


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Porcupine_in_MA

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Re: Deleting Lame Accounts
« Reply #15 on: November 19, 2008, 10:15:24 PM »
One year.
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blackie

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Re: Deleting Lame Accounts
« Reply #16 on: November 19, 2008, 10:16:05 PM »
Quote from: Alex Libman on November 19, 2008, 10:13:56 PM

Heck, if I had access to the backend, I'd reassign them all onto my current user ID.

Can you do that, error?
He did it to me before.
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Re: Deleting Lame Accounts
« Reply #17 on: November 19, 2008, 10:16:42 PM »
Quote from: blackie on November 19, 2008, 10:16:05 PM
Quote from: Alex Libman on November 19, 2008, 10:13:56 PM

Heck, if I had access to the backend, I'd reassign them all onto my current user ID.

Can you do that, error?
He did it to me before.

Yeah, but nobody likes Libman.   :P
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Re: Deleting Lame Accounts
« Reply #18 on: November 19, 2008, 10:18:39 PM »
Maybe after I'm done reading the Darwin Awards.
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Alex Libman

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Re: Deleting Lame Accounts
« Reply #19 on: November 19, 2008, 10:23:28 PM »
Well, I'd be very grateful.  I had several accounts called "Alex Libman", "AlexLibman" (no space - the first one), "Phant", and possibly "Phantgeist".

Too bad I'm completely without digitally-transferable assets at the moment (tax resistance ain't easy), but as soon as I can move money around - I'm totally gonna remember the Homeland Stupidity support page...  ;)


Anywho, back to the topic at hand.
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Re: Deleting Lame Accounts
« Reply #20 on: November 19, 2008, 10:31:22 PM »
Quote from: Alex Libman on November 19, 2008, 10:23:28 PM
Well, I'd be very grateful.  I had several accounts called "Alex Libman", "AlexLibman" (no space - the first one), "Phant", and possibly "Phantgeist".

I'm still thinking about this.

Quote from: Alex Libman on November 19, 2008, 10:23:28 PM
Too bad I'm completely without digitally-transferable assets at the moment (tax resistance ain't easy), but as soon as I can move money around - I'm totally gonna remember the Homeland Stupidity support page...  ;)

Are you trying to bribe me? I suggest you AMP the show instead.

Quote from: Alex Libman on November 19, 2008, 10:23:28 PM
Anywho, back to the topic at hand.

OK, well, I could leave your posts and just delete your account instead. That's always an option. :P
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Re: Deleting Lame Accounts
« Reply #21 on: November 19, 2008, 10:35:56 PM »
Don't do it error, he lies.   :lol:
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Re: Deleting Lame Accounts
« Reply #22 on: November 20, 2008, 12:12:37 AM »
oh shi-
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Re: Deleting Lame Accounts
« Reply #23 on: November 20, 2008, 12:16:02 AM »
NO CARRIER
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« Reply #24 on: November 20, 2008, 12:16:45 AM »
WAT
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Alex Libman

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Re: Deleting Lame Accounts
« Reply #25 on: November 20, 2008, 01:16:20 AM »
It means error's mom picked up the phone.  :lol:

Anywhoo, looks like most people misunderstood that there are separate questions in the poll, but we can assume that not answering one of the questions indicates indifference.  So out of 7 who voted thus-far, 2 want to delete them after a month, and 5 don't care either way.
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« Reply #26 on: November 20, 2008, 02:34:02 AM »
Let me revote.
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Re: Deleting Lame Accounts
« Reply #27 on: November 20, 2008, 03:21:20 AM »
I set the "Allow user to change vote" checkbox, but there's a forum bug or something.  The only thing I can do is reset all votes to 0.
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Re: Deleting Lame Accounts
« Reply #28 on: November 20, 2008, 10:26:42 AM »
Quote from: Alex Libman on November 20, 2008, 03:21:20 AM
I set the "Allow user to change vote" checkbox, but there's a forum bug or something.  The only thing I can do is reset all votes to 0.

DO IT!  EVERY DAY IF YOU HAVE TO!
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Re: Deleting Lame Accounts
« Reply #29 on: November 20, 2008, 11:10:09 AM »
Nah, the poll is just a side-show anyways - this ain't no democracy here.  But it looks like there's an emerging consensus that deleting zero-post accounts after a couple weeks of inactivity is a good idea.  If done right (i.e. an automated warning e-mail three days before deletion), it can actually increase newbie activity.
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