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Upcoming Pruning of Dead Accounts

Discussion in 'Announcements and Rules' started by tehelgee, Jul 31, 2020.

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  1. mr.inky

    mr.inky Versed in the lewd.

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    Might as well do this, since I don't really post all that much.

    Who knows, maybe nothing will go wrong or Murphy might be in for one hell of a party.

    It's like a gacha, but without the waifus.
     
    mr.inky, Aug 6, 2020
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  2. Emmanuel

    Emmanuel Your first time is always over so quickly, isn't it?

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    Emmanuel, Aug 6, 2020
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  3. Hero

    Hero Wannabe Protagonist

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    Hehehehehehehe! Only tehelgee knows what i’m going to be doing when this takes effect.

    As penance for my dastardly plans, have a joke! Not my best work, but it’s spirit burns brightly...

    A firefly!
     
    Hero, Aug 6, 2020
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  4. Whyvern

    Whyvern Your first time is always over so quickly, isn't it?

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    Posting just in case
     
    Whyvern, Aug 6, 2020
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  5. Akkarin12345

    Akkarin12345 Your first time is always over so quickly, isn't it?

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    Guess i have to post something.
     
    Akkarin12345, Aug 6, 2020
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  6. tehelgee

    tehelgee The stern gaze of justice. Administrator

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    Warning shot fired!

    A preliminary ban was issued to all accounts that will be affected by the pruning. If your account did not get banned, you will not be hit by the pruning(for the reason that I will be setting a required criteria that the account is banned).

    As the notice says, if you did get banned, pls use the 'Contact Us' form at the bottom of the page to resolve the issue.
     
    tehelgee, Aug 6, 2020
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  7. Blackklist

    Blackklist Your first time is always over so quickly, isn't it?

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    Post!
     
    Blackklist, Aug 7, 2020
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  8. Hont91

    Hont91 Making the rounds.

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    No idea if I verified my email, so here's a post to check.
     
    Hont91, Aug 7, 2020
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  9. staplesdex2

    staplesdex2 Status: CLASSIFIED

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    Posting here just to prove that I'm active.
     
    staplesdex2, Aug 7, 2020
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  10. Two McMillion

    Two McMillion Your first time is always over so quickly, isn't it?

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    Came here to make a post so I wouldn't have zero posts, found this post and realized it was unnecessary.
     
    Two McMillion, Aug 7, 2020
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  11. Al-qaari'

    Al-qaari' Your first time is always over so quickly, isn't it?

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    I am just a lurker that sometimes read various posts but I do not want to be deleted for inaction. So here is my post....
     
    Al-qaari', Aug 7, 2020
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  12. january1may

    january1may Versed in the lewd.

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    Nyanarchy is another that comes to mind, but it's hard to distinguish "SB family splinters" from "sites with similar audience to SB and consequently a lot - relatively speaking - of audience crossover". (Never mind "sites with significant SB-family influxes that overshadowed their non-SB origins".)

    Then there's the AH.com family (much of which is admittedly gone), which is otherwise entirely unrelated but also has a lot of audience crossover...
     
    january1may, Aug 7, 2020
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  13. zup

    zup Experienced.

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    The staff here have other Questionable practices besides Questing. As you can see my account lives once more. Truly the darkest of magics - account necromancy - at work here.
     
    zup, Aug 7, 2020
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  14. mechaghost2003

    mechaghost2003 Getting sticky.

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    hello
     
    mechaghost2003, Aug 7, 2020
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  15. sirgreendot

    sirgreendot Your first time is always over so quickly, isn't it?

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    Meh, may as well put my first post here.
     
    sirgreendot, Aug 7, 2020
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  16. aua

    aua Your first time is always over so quickly, isn't it?

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    ...o_O
     
    aua, Aug 8, 2020
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  17. tehelgee

    tehelgee The stern gaze of justice. Administrator

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    Congratulations to those that survived this round of the culling. Please stay tuned for the next installment.
     
    tehelgee, Aug 8, 2020
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  18. kentter

    kentter Versed in the lewd.

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    So how many got the big cut?
     
    kentter, Aug 8, 2020
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  19. DraknSoldier

    DraknSoldier Getting some practice in, huh?

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    Seems perfectly alright to me, though I feel bad for any lurkers that might get caught up in this (at least they have some forewarning)
     
    DraknSoldier, Aug 8, 2020
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  20. tehelgee

    tehelgee The stern gaze of justice. Administrator

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    It was about 15k when all totaled together. I image a lot of spammers got added in when I used the 'ban the dead accounts' first step, since they would have fit the other criteria besides having a banned account.
     
    tehelgee, Aug 8, 2020
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  21. lusians

    lusians Versed in the lewd.

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    ehh came her to genraly read storys but if proof is needed that I am no bot hope this suffice for now

    also I might annoy people but where can if I have completad all steps for account activation?
     
    lusians, Aug 8, 2020
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  22. AztecCroc

    AztecCroc Not too sore, are you?

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    If you can comment you've completed activation.
     
    AztecCroc, Aug 9, 2020
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  23. TimMolodovAdler

    TimMolodovAdler Making the rounds.

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    Happy that I'm not the only one who couldn't find that Email verification notice :)
     
    TimMolodovAdler, Aug 9, 2020
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  24. daimahou

    daimahou Gentleman Tentacle(s)

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    Dropped to 1207.
     
    daimahou, Aug 9, 2020
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  25. Cambrian

    Cambrian The Pimperor - Inspirational as Fuck

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    Nice thanks for remembering xD

    Not as bad as I expected tbh!
     
    Cambrian, Aug 9, 2020
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  26. Thought Master

    Thought Master Know what you're doing yet?

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    You know, am surprised that you actually prune, because on the surface, doing so actually contradicts one of the website’s rules, to be specific rule number six prohibiting the deletion of an individual’s account.
     
    Thought Master, Aug 20, 2020
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  27. AztecCroc

    AztecCroc Not too sore, are you?

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    They didn't prune any accounts that had posts, or even any that had actually finished email registration, just completely unused accounts.
     
    AztecCroc, Aug 20, 2020
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  28. daimahou

    daimahou Gentleman Tentacle(s)

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    If someone commented a lot and that account gets deleted it will make things go wonky with the software (just with the mass comment deletion the result is either the server slows down a lot until it can rearrange the post numbers or just gives up and dies). So if someone were to ask for deletion they will get a big fat "No" aka rule 6.

    That issue doesn't come up with no-post-ever accounts who never has completed the full registration process... and if they aren't fully registered why not delete them?
     
    daimahou, Aug 20, 2020
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  29. Ddmkm122

    Ddmkm122 Getting some practice in, huh?

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    Just wondering what exactly is the point of deleting them?
    What’s there to gain?
     
    Ddmkm122, Aug 26, 2020
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  30. LurkingInTheDeceit

    LurkingInTheDeceit “Brave” explorer treading “New” land

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    More accurate account numbers and freeing up usernames for future posters.
     
    LurkingInTheDeceit, Aug 26, 2020
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