Deleting members

[Lorcan]

Do you guys, delete members who have zero posts, or remove members who want their account to be deleted?

I don't, I just wouldn't have the time to go around and delete members who have zero posts, also they might come back which you never know, I had been on forum where I had zero posts, and I eventually came back and posted, these people might be just waiting awhile.

 

[MrPanos]

It depends on the member and on how much time has this member been online. It is very difficult to guess who will not come back and who will. That's why I don't usually delete members, or change their usernames or their passwords in order to give them an opportunity to come back. However, many times my dream doesn't come true. I visit many websites/forums daily and I have a huge problem with my deleted accounts. I need to contact the Administrators, to re-register, to re-activate.

 

[Jordan]

I don't delete members. However, I was just about thinking of going to delete a lot of accounts that are banned because they where bots. It will take some time though

Regarding deleting members who wish their account to be deleted, I don't think I would be doing this. Users should know what to expect and read our Privacy Policy.

 

[HyperActive]

I do if the accounts are about 6 months or a year old. But it rarely happens to me, when members join they usually post a good 20 times then maybe abandon the forum if they'd like to. I just ignore those types of people.

If a member has 0 posts, I sometimes ignore it, it isn't affecting my forum in any way, the member joined and found it necessary to not post, I'm not going to force members to post

 

[Cam]

I have never understood why people delete inactive accounts. They obviously cared enough to sign up, and even if they have not posted on the forum, I think their account should stay there. Also, you never know, a person with an inactive account might return to your forum later down the road. I might be willing to remove a member who wants their account deleted, depending on the situation.

 

[Jordan]

Ya, and if they come back to find out their account would be deleted you could have just lost another user of your forum

A lot of forums have lurkers. Nothing you can really do about it. But you should not complain about it. A visitor to your site is better then none

 

[digital help]

It is very important (especially for small forums) that you do not delete members unless you really have to.