Site Rule Suggestion

• ernest_t_bass

  

  I was just scanning through our members, and I noticed a lot of members who have zero posts. Would it clear up any space on your server if you made a rule that:
  
  "Any member who has failed to make a post in "X" amount of days, or failed to log-in in "X" amount of days will have their account deleted, for house-cleaning purposes."
  
  Now, for respected/established members, who may be taking a hiatus, they would be fine. But those who have 0-10 posts, who have not been on in forever, they get deleted.
  
  What do you think?
• killdeer

  

  ^^^^Elitist.
• Apple

  

  Nazi!!!!
• ernest_t_bass

  

  LOL... OK, those are deserved.
• j_crazy

  

  I like it. inactivity needs to be punished, if you want to lurk I think you can view threads without being signed in (at least you can on vaJJ).
• justincredible

  

  The "space" cleared up would be minimal. I will eventually go through and clear up users who haven't posted but it won't be on a set schedule or anything.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  justincredible wrote: The "space" cleared up would be minimal. I will eventually go through and clear up users who haven't posted but it won't be on a set schedule or anything.

  I bet Nick Mangold isn't lazy.
• Swamp Fox

  I think it could cause friction between the Huddlers. Who are among the chosen? Do we always know why certain people seem to be on hiatus? I think it defeats the purpose of a Freehuddle. You are currently free to post and free not to. With the new rule. you would now be responsible to post something whether you really wanted to or not. I fully understand the need to occasionally do some "housecleaning" but didn't the disappaerance of many posts on the "other" site, cause incredible friction and anger among some who thought it was done vindictively. Sometimes people have very long memories. I say we keep it free for those who wish to post, and free and available to those who may not post much or may not ever post.
• justincredible

  

  Swamp Fox wrote: I think it could cause friction between the Huddlers. Who are among the chosen? Do we always know why certain people seem to be on hiatus? I think it defeats the purpose of a Freehuddle. You are currently free to post and free not to. With the new rule. you would now be responsible to post something whether you really wanted to or not. I fully understand the need to occasionally do some "housecleaning" but didn't the disappaerance of many posts on the "other" site, cause incredible friction and anger among some who thought it was done vindictively. Sometimes people have very long memories. I say we keep it free for those who wish to post, and free and available to those who may not post much or may not ever post.

  Just to clarify, I would not remove anyone that has ever posted. My criteria for housecleaning would be zero posts and a last login of over a month or so.
• Heretic

  

  I, on the other hand, will flat out ban you if you say one damn word I disagree with!
• Swamp Fox

  justincredible wrote:

  Swamp Fox wrote: I think it could cause friction between the Huddlers. Who are among the chosen? Do we always know why certain people seem to be on hiatus? I think it defeats the purpose of a Freehuddle. You are currently free to post and free not to. With the new rule. you would now be responsible to post something whether you really wanted to or not. I fully understand the need to occasionally do some "housecleaning" but didn't the disappaerance of many posts on the "other" site, cause incredible friction and anger among some who thought it was done vindictively. Sometimes people have very long memories. I say we keep it free for those who wish to post, and free and available to those who may not post much or may not ever post.

  Just to clarify, I would not remove anyone that has ever posted. My criteria for housecleaning would be zero posts and a last login of over a month or so.

  Thanks for the clarification justincredible.That sounds perfectly reasonable and fair to me.
• se-alum

  

  So can we post this as a way to get banned on the "How to get bannededed" thread??
• ernest_t_bass

  

  ccrunner609 wrote: Never understood why people would get on a site and never post.

  I can understand a sports site, especially if you HAVE to register to read. However, since this site is not highly sports oriented (more bull-shitting oriented), I don't get why, either.
• Mr. 300

  

  Thanks for the suggestion JJ.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  Mr. 300 wrote: Thanks for the suggestion JJ.

  Thanks for the input, Troll.
• SnotBubbles

  A suggestion for Ernest_T_Bass:
  
  Kill yourself.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  SnotBubbles wrote: A suggestion for Ernest_T_Bass:
  
  Kill yourself.

  
  Taken
• Chesapeake

  

  What about gif images? I realize they're hosted elsewhere but it still makes pages load slower on these forums.
  
  Do they fight with the server?
• wes_mantooth

  

  Heretic wrote: I, on the other hand, will flat out ban you if you say one damn word I disagree with!

  That is how I roll as well. I get power hungry.
• justincredible

  

  Chesapeake wrote: What about gif images? I realize they're hosted elsewhere but it still makes pages load slower on these forums.
  
  Do they fight with the server?

  They are hosted elsewhere so they don't fight with these servers at all. Yeah, the page takes longer to load but that is just the browser parsing all of the gifs and loading them from other sources. There is no way around that.
• beenthere/donethat

  I don't post much unless a topic appears in which I'm interested ... and most of them don't. I do appreciate this site and hope it becomes as good as the other one was in its glory days.
  
  I also noticed for awhile this month that you could not read the Serious Business forum without being logged in. Wasn't sure why that happened.
• sej

  

  Heretic wrote: I, on the other hand, will flat out ban you if you say one damn word I disagree with!

  
  +1
  
  
  Especially about food.
• Fly4Fun

  

  I don't think this is that good of an idea. I know there are plenty of people who sign up a name and just read instead of posting... at least there were over at the other Huddle. I'm assuming as this place grows the same will happen.
• GoChiefs

  

  sej wrote: +1
  
  
  Especially about food.

  Cheesy Tots still suck.
• BRF

  

  Ernest_t!
  
  I sent you a pm last night.
  
  Check 'em.