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Thread ID: 116786 2011-03-20 05:26:00 What should we do with the no-posters? bot (15449) PC World Chat
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1187716 2011-03-20 07:47:00 Yes the first few posts of this thread have been made by the forums smart a r s e s, so just ignore them helensun.
:)

I resent that statement.

Perhaps the OP should wake up and get himself a real life.
Zippity (58)
1187717 2011-03-20 07:53:00 Thanks. Todays been a downer for me :crying

Don't worry, me too. :crying
pcuser42 (130)
1187718 2011-03-20 08:05:00 Metla's posts are often to be taken with a few bags of salt (screw a pinch), when you do, they become quite frequently very amusing indeed.

In any case, forums often implement some sort of inactivity rule, I would agree that 0-3 posts (and no login for 2 months maybe) should be cleaned.
Keeps things tidy and all that.

On other forums I've found it makes browsing the memberlists a right PITA. I wanted to find someone with a - in their name, I had to browse 7 pages or so of people with -, --, --- before their name before I found the guy I was looking for. Most of the ones I went through were either throwaways or inactives.
eugh.

This situation reminds me of this (xkcd.com)
bot (15449)
1187719 2011-03-20 08:20:00 I love XKCD.
You should also check out explosm.net and phdcomics.com

But yeah it'd be nice to get more girls interested in our hobbies. But only in numbers greater than is required to shut up the males that will go 'oh wow a girl in our hobby that's rare we must get with her' shut up because it'll be common enough that it won't matter anymore.

or something.
8ftmetalhaed (14526)
1187720 2011-03-20 08:33:00 I love XKCD.
You should also check out explosm.net and phdcomics.com

But yeah it'd be nice to get more girls interested in our hobbies. But only in numbers greater than is required to shut up the males that will go 'oh wow a girl in our hobby that's rare we must get with her' shut up because it'll be common enough that it won't matter anymore.

or something.

Get another hobby

:pf1mobmini:
xyz823 (13649)
1187721 2011-03-20 08:35:00 Get another hobby

:pf1mobmini:

And you actually have a hobby? apart from the Word Association Game?
goodiesguy (15316)
1187722 2011-03-20 08:37:00 I know girls that play DDR now.
Not many that play counterstrike though.
I don't personally know any that like my other hobby, but I know there's millions.
8ftmetalhaed (14526)
1187723 2011-03-20 09:29:00 Yes there are probably alot of inactive members here who should be deleted. I saw someone once who had a birthday an they were 90. I wonder if they are still alive.:rolleyes: Trev (427)
1187724 2011-03-20 09:38:00 I recall this was brought up a while ago, someone suggested that FairFax might be using the member count of the forum as a bullet-point while negotiating with advertisers, but someone (Chill IIRC) mentioned that only the amount of posts/threads was used for that, not total members.

As for pruning them for a speed boost, computer says no, any boost would be very minor, very minor. The connection between your PC and the server would play a much larger factor, combined with the advertising bloat... actually, nix that last one...
ubergeek85 (131)
1187725 2011-03-20 09:49:00 I have many 0-post accounts on forums only because I wanted to view an attached image or download a file that was only accessible by signing up.

I may in future wish to post on some of those forums, and I would be a bit annoyed if I found my account had been deleted.

It also impresses some people when I come across an obscure forum, say "Oh yeah I probably have an account for this" and promptly sign in....


Given the negligible difference it will make to server performance I think leave them be.
Agent_24 (57)
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