[theforum] evolt users

[Dean Mah]

One of the reasons that we keep all of the users is to "block" the
spammers.  Marking them with the role of 'Spamming Scum' disables them
from re-creating a deleted account.  Not that it makes much of a
difference since there's no impediment to adding new accounts (we
don't use captcha or e-mail verification).

I would also suspect that even if you are a long time member of
evolt.org, you wouldn't necessarily log into the site even if you ever
came to the site to just read the content.  Only people who want to
comment or 'admin' the site need to do that.  I would suspect that
there would be some hard feelings if those members had their accounts
deleted, along with their 'history'.

Dean


On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 11:19 AM, Erika <ekm at seastorm.com> wrote:
> Ok I know f' all about database management, but here's a question: would
> it be a valid thing to ask about cleaning up the user database?
>
> Sorted alphabetically, I scroll thru 15 pages of users before I get to
> the letter "A"... the vast majority of them having logged in once, years
> ago, long enough to make a profile, and never logged in again.
>
> I can understand how we'd want to keep some users who have not logged in
> in forever...  but all of them?
>
> Would it be prudent, and is there a way to say something like:
>
> if user has *not* logged in for 4+ years years *AND* user only logged in
> once ever == buh-bye user x.
>
> ?
>
> Erika