You probably ticked the box to post annonymously?


I don't think we need to delete accounts that haven't posted anything.

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Yeah, seems like needless effort to me.

I cant honestly see a any need at all to delete those sort of accounts.

Seems pointless to me

Why are pirates called pirates?

I don't see all that much point either. As far as freeing up a nickname for another user, well what if a perfectly nice newbit chose a name that a hideous troll had worn? I think there is more to be gained by just letting the names build up for a while at least. I do think that the baldfaced paypal spammers should have their names removed along with their posts. If they actually want to join the community the least they could do is come up with a new name.

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Eh, Ba can see the point of deleting accounts that have no posts attached to them. It wouldn't be all that difficult to do, and people actually planning on posting might want to use the names. If the person who originally made the account hasn't posted with it, then there's no reason to keep it around.

What sort of names are we talking about here that people can't be original enough to come up with a name nobody else has ever used? Do you mean like if someone wanted to be Ridcully but couldn't because someone else has already used it, or are we talking about things like David or Roger so they don't have to be David66 or whatever?

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[quote:e07377973e="Ba"]Eh, Ba can see the point of deleting accounts that have no posts attached to them. It wouldn't be all that difficult to do, and people actually planning on posting might want to use the names. If the person who originally made the account hasn't posted with it, then there's no reason to keep it around.[/quote:e07377973e]

I agree with Ba on this matter.

How difficult and time consuming is it to delete an account Mal? Is it a long drawn out procedure or is it just a couple of clicks of the mouse? I think this should be taken into consideration if we were to wish to persue this thought any further.

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how difficult and time consuming is it to delete an account? automatically more time consuming than it is not to delete one.

if people are going to burry unused accounts to foul a vote or similar, then deleting them after three months isn't going to matter. people are prepared to cause trouble and will do so whatever it takes.

i dunno, i don't see any significant reason to go to any effort on this

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And besides, it's not the deleting accounts that takes a long time - that takes about 5 - 10 seconds - it's the arsing about deciding who should be deleted, looking through the member lists all the time, sending them messages if they haven't posted, then deliberating on whether or not they should be deleted. For every single person that doesn't post after three months (or whatever), there could/will be hundreds of them eventually. I just don't see the point in creating all that extra work just to free up a few names?

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There are also people who disappear for various personal reasons and then return. Trollmother, for example.

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I stand corrected

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