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Spam/Old members?

Post by solidfoamsoul »

I've noticed a lot of inactive members lately (like three years inactive), going through the birthday names to give out presents as I occasionally like to do... Additionally a lot of them seem like spam.

Such as:
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memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=102292
memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=103399
memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=103324

Is there any chance of needing someone to clearing them out? I don't know if this a big deal to the mods or not, if "releasing" creatures actually makes their numbers reshuffle into the system or at least freeing up names for new people...

Anyway, just a thought.

(PS: Yeah I'm totally volunteering to do that for you guys, if you decided it's something you want done.)
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Post by Tinni »

Old members sometimes do return after ages. And there are many people who purposely did not giveaway their pets to Belmos or others, because they wanted to keep them.

I remember people like Shenzi commenting on this topic.
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but I need the sheepskin boot sale

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solidfoamsoul wrote:I've noticed a lot of inactive members lately (like three years inactive), going through the birthday names to give out presents as I occasionally like to do... Additionally a lot of them seem like spam.

Such as:
memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=97235
memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=65729
memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=102292
memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=103399
memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=103324

Is there any chance of needing someone to clearing them out? I don't know if this a big deal to the mods or not, if "releasing" creatures actually makes their numbers reshuffle into the system or at least freeing up names for new people...

Anyway, just a thought.

(PS: Yeah I'm totally volunteering to do that for you guys, if you decided it's something you want done.)
"Cleaning those out" would require admin-level access, which I'm afraid we're not likely to give you.
I'll get rid of any spambots I notice, though.
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It'd be nice to run an automated process that weeded out spam bots...
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Tristan wrote:It'd be nice to run an automated process that weeded out spam bots...
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I think that after about a year of inactivity the site should automatically delete your account.
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No, lots of members take a haitus and I think you would find that a lot of members such as Shenzi would end up being deleted even though they do occasionally pop in.

My sister only managed to get her account back after 2 years.


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decfudge wrote:I think that after about a year of inactivity the site should automatically delete your account.
Tristan and the other admins have already spoken about this. They will not delete any actual accounts.
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decfudge wrote:I think that after about a year of inactivity the site should automatically delete your account.
That would wreak havoc. I took about a year hiatus recently to focus on real life because I was struggling with time management, and would have been extremely upset if I had come back afterwards to find my account gone. I don't know if I would have bothered to come back or not, which would suck since this in my only online community.

If it's obviously a spam account and has no creatures, though, by all means get rid of it.
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