Re: Remain active to keep your account.
Posted: 2019-02-16, 12:06
Is this purge really really so beneficial for the board that it deserves all this trouble?
No purge == nobody asking for e-mail notifications + nobody pi$$ed off for receiving e-mail notifications + nobody accidentally left out if they forgot to log in + less work for the admin(s)
Personally I landed here now just by accident - wanted to see if there's anything new for XP (POSReady or not) users but went straight to that topic as it was bookmarked and only the absence of the other POSReady topic made me go to the board root and find this announcement, otherwise I might've visited again in a year, two or five and even then I might not have logged in (if possible by then).
At login, board notified me as follows:
Last visit was: 10 May 2018, 20:01
It is currently 16 Feb 2019, 13:32
so it's been a while since I actually logged in to say something.
People may come over more or less often but they may not log in unless they actually have something to say or ask - if they don't, they just stay as guests, simply reading and that may hold true for a long time.
I had a Facebook account created way back when it first appeared, but since the Miranda IM FB plug-in wouldn't work on my 98SE I just forgot about that account for about five or more years, until I stumbled into it in my accounts database. I went to log in and it was still active, no problems. Used it for a few months then deleted it, but that's not the point - point is, it was still there, waiting for me to remember it and need it. Same may happen to an account or more on this board, for whatever reason. People may get much more pi$$ed off for losing their account than for receiving a notification e-mail.
As for "disposable e-mails" as mentioned somewhere above, even that may be debatable. Personally I use mail.com as my main address, because it's the only (free) one I found that doesn't ask for my phone number, full name and address, what I ate at breakfast and other things that major "players" ask for today. Some regard that as disposable and do not even allow it (such as the AHK board, regardless of how much I asked them to make an exception) but I see it as my only real connection to the web. Of course, I may be disposable too.
Well, that was just my personal opinion. Y'all have a great weekend!
No purge == nobody asking for e-mail notifications + nobody pi$$ed off for receiving e-mail notifications + nobody accidentally left out if they forgot to log in + less work for the admin(s)
Personally I landed here now just by accident - wanted to see if there's anything new for XP (POSReady or not) users but went straight to that topic as it was bookmarked and only the absence of the other POSReady topic made me go to the board root and find this announcement, otherwise I might've visited again in a year, two or five and even then I might not have logged in (if possible by then).
At login, board notified me as follows:
Last visit was: 10 May 2018, 20:01
It is currently 16 Feb 2019, 13:32
so it's been a while since I actually logged in to say something.
People may come over more or less often but they may not log in unless they actually have something to say or ask - if they don't, they just stay as guests, simply reading and that may hold true for a long time.
I had a Facebook account created way back when it first appeared, but since the Miranda IM FB plug-in wouldn't work on my 98SE I just forgot about that account for about five or more years, until I stumbled into it in my accounts database. I went to log in and it was still active, no problems. Used it for a few months then deleted it, but that's not the point - point is, it was still there, waiting for me to remember it and need it. Same may happen to an account or more on this board, for whatever reason. People may get much more pi$$ed off for losing their account than for receiving a notification e-mail.
As for "disposable e-mails" as mentioned somewhere above, even that may be debatable. Personally I use mail.com as my main address, because it's the only (free) one I found that doesn't ask for my phone number, full name and address, what I ate at breakfast and other things that major "players" ask for today. Some regard that as disposable and do not even allow it (such as the AHK board, regardless of how much I asked them to make an exception) but I see it as my only real connection to the web. Of course, I may be disposable too.
Well, that was just my personal opinion. Y'all have a great weekend!