So many posters, so few posts....

[Nyaricus]

--Those who signed up, and NEVER posted. I've even known WotC personnel and freelancers who have done this. Maybe they vote in a poll occasionally, maybe not, but they signed up, and just log in and really don't have a lot to say publically.

What about those who have signed up and never posted and now no longer frequent EN World? That was kinda the (yes, slightly obscure) point I was trying to ask about.

I understand (and am completely cool with) the lurkers here at EN World (hi Siriak!) but what about those who no longer lurk - who simply aren't here.

Morrus, I understand how pruning generally doesn't seem very nice - heck I don't like that idea of it personally - but what I am talking about is not the fruit of the tree, but the seeds sitting on the ground rotting; even lurkers have the potential to get a postcount.

What about deleting accounts that haven't visited EN World in the last 3 years, and who have not posted once? That was the question I was trying to ask.

 

[Dog Moon]

I hope I don't sound like an ass in saying this, Nyaricus, but what's the point in deleting the accounts? Is there any real reason besides to make the number of pages with accounts a little shorter?

[We've seen some reasons NOT to, but I was wondering if there were any reasons to. Heck, if people like us hadn't spent time looking at the Member's List, we would never know how many users there are with zero posts. If it really does take up like no space, it isn't really affecting us in any way...] So, just curious.

 

[Glyfair]

There are only five real people on ENWorld. Everyone else is an alt of those.

IIRC, it was 3 originally (Bill Gates, Eric & the person reading the post). We get up to 4 counting Morrus. Whose the 5th?

 

[Crothian]

IIRC, it was 3 originally (Bill Gates, Eric & the person reading the post). We get up to 4 counting Morrus. Whose the 5th?

Piratecat. I'm some random computer program someone forgot to turn off.

 

[Morrus]

Morrus, I understand how pruning generally doesn't seem very nice - heck I don't like that idea of it personally - but what I am talking about is not the fruit of the tree, but the seeds sitting on the ground rotting; even lurkers have the potential to get a postcount.

What about deleting accounts that haven't visited EN World in the last 3 years, and who have not posted once? That was the question I was trying to ask.

Because there's no absolutely no reason to!

 

[Mark]

There are only five real people on ENWorld. Everyone else is an alt of those.

IIRC, it was 3 originally (Bill Gates, Eric & the person reading the post). We get up to 4 counting Morrus. Whose the 5th?

Piratecat.

Nope. Sorry. I always take the fifth. I'd rather not elaborate, for obvious reasons.

 

[WanderingMonster]

Nope. Sorry. I always take the fifth. I'd rather not elaborate, for obvious reasons.

Bwahaha! And then some of us only post to point at teh funny and laugh.

 

[Mark]

Bwahaha! And then some of us only post to point at teh funny and laugh.

Those are the most important posts.


Oh, yeah. Gotta have an account to read those groovy articles from the front page of the site.

 

[hafrogman]

IIRC, it was 3 originally (Bill Gates, Eric & the person reading the post). We get up to 4 counting Morrus. Whose the 5th?

Eric's grandmother, duh.

 

[Jdvn1]

Eric's grandmother, duh.

I thought she was a lurker.