autodelete unused accounts

ow about ou remove te accounts tat don't ave any osts.

 

Uhh... try hitting your H key harder. Then we might be able to understand.

 

Oi don' tink tha's a good idee gov', cos' oo's to say some ov them accounts ar'n neva gon'ta use the forums some day?
ah maybe they's jis got ther' counts fer lurkin', eh?

 

ow about ou remove te accounts tat don't ave any osts.

And what if that member comes here and tries to log in but can't?
How do you think he/she would feel?
He/she would have to reregister, and doing that every time will get annoying.

EDIT...
Ninja'd by Noxid.
I hate my slow Internet. :/

 

Pretty much what Shane and Noxid just said, but maybe I'll add that I once created an account on another forum, and didn't start posting until months later. Good thing my account didn't get deleted. See also.

 

Perhaps once the person has accumulated more than, say, 30 posts, their account won't be deleted? On top of that, if we define "using" as posting or lurking while logged in, then the only accounts that go completely abandoned will be removed.
If an email is sent to their address telling them their account has been deleted, they can remake it if they really desire, and their username will be available since their account no longer exists (unless it's something like "Cave Story" and someone else has taken it by then).
Overall I'm not sure how valuable a function like this would be, as I have no idea how much space one account with no posts actually takes up (or if IPBoard even supports an account deletion feature), but you might want to take it up with Andy. Who knows, it might be advantageous to all of us in the long run.

And get your H key fixed while you're at it.

 

I don't think there's any point in deleting unused accounts. The account information doesn't take up enough space to make it a problem, and any algorithm Andy used would eventually delete an account somebody wants.

 

Nobody appreciates a good bit o cockney, do ey, guv?

 

This actually happened a very long time ago, which explains why the top end of the user list is sparser than I remember it being >_> At the moment I don't think there's any reason to do it, as we have plenty of space (AFAIK) and next to no spambots.