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Are accounts here likely to be auto-deleted for extended inactivity? Or will they stay alive even if we don't use them?

Corn wrote:Are accounts here likely to be auto-deleted for extended inactivity? Or will they stay alive even if we don't use them?

It hasn't been publicly discussed, but "we" think that it's go great to "see" so many people who haven't been around lately, that "they" should be forced to post at least once a week, so "we" know "they" still have fond memories of this place.

Besides, think of who started this incarnation of our bored. Even if it were set to auto-delete, he'd find a way to stop your account from being erased

No auto-deletions. BBs run the place, you know!

Obvious spammers and scammers will have their accounts deleted, but not for inactivity.

Corn wrote:Are accounts here likely to be auto-deleted for extended inactivity? Or will they stay alive even if we don't use them?

As far as I know, accounts are valid forever. Why do you ask? Is this a concern, or are you suggesting that it would be a good thing to do?

Depends on how moderator happy Bob##s gets. He might be a little quick on the draw. I don't think any of them would do that, on purpose, without first getting opinions.

peacock2121 wrote:Depends on how moderator happy Bob##s gets. He might be a little quick on the draw. I don't think any of them would do that, on purpose, without first getting opinions.

I would never do that. Well, hardly ever. Oh, all right. For you, Pea, I'd make an exception.

Actually, "mere" moderators don't have the power to delete accounts. And as I've demonstrated (being new to the "moderator" business), I'm capable of learning and adjusting to what works for the community. --Bob

Bob78164 wrote:

peacock2121 wrote:Depends on how moderator happy Bob##s gets. He might be a little quick on the draw. I don't think any of them would do that, on purpose, without first getting opinions.

I would never do that. Well, hardly ever. Oh, all right. For you, Pea, I'd make an exception.

Actually, "mere" moderators don't have the power to delete accounts. And as I've demonstrated (being new to the "moderator" business), I'm capable of learning and adjusting to what works for the community. --Bob

You have.

Thank you.

Rexer25 wrote:It hasn't been publicly discussed, but "we" think that it's go great to "see" so many people who haven't been around lately, that "they" should be forced to post at least once a week, so "we" know "they" still have fond memories of this place.

Besides, think of who started this incarnation of our bored. Even if it were set to auto-delete, he'd find a way to stop your account from being erased

heh. appreciate that.

TheConfessor wrote:As far as I know, accounts are valid forever. Why do you ask? Is this a concern, or are you suggesting that it would be a good thing to do?

I was hoping for a 'no, no autodeletions.' My old go.com email account bit the dust due to inactivity (not that I checked it all that often when it was functional), my old excite acccount died due to the excite PTB not seeing any reason to keep my inbox from being flooded by spam, AND I moved and changed my phone number last year, so I know I was a bit hard to find when I wasn't checking in on a regular basis. Right now I am set up to get email notifications for PMs here (at the account that works) so as long as this account is still in existence, it'll be a much better breadcrumb trail than the old go addy was, and people shouldn't have to go to the other online locales I frequent to hunt me down if I am not around for awhile. Plus my AIM (which I rarely use but am trying to leave open more often) and YIM (which I use frequently) addresses are in my profile.

I think a lot of our go.com email accounts bit the dust. I know mine did. I had to change my user name to even log in again and wasn't able to get another gomail account.

Corn wrote:I was hoping for a 'no, no autodeletions.' My old go.com email account bit the dust due to inactivity (not that I checked it all that often when it was functional), my old excite acccount died due to the excite PTB not seeing any reason to keep my inbox from being flooded by spam, AND I moved and changed my phone number last year, so I know I was a bit hard to find when I wasn't checking in on a regular basis. Right now I am set up to get email notifications for PMs here (at the account that works) so as long as this account is still in existence, it'll be a much better breadcrumb trail than the old go addy was, and people shouldn't have to go to the other online locales I frequent to hunt me down if I am not around for awhile. Plus my AIM (which I rarely use but am trying to leave open more often) and YIM (which I use frequently) addresses are in my profile.

I took a look at the Bored setup page, and I didn't even see an option for autodeletion of inactive accounts. I'm very very sure it will not happen, and it will certainly not be done manually.

As for Go mail, I think about a year or two ago, Go.com decided they didn't want to bother much with Go mail anymore, so they decided to accept no new Go mail accounts. Go mail accounts always expired if you were not logged in during the last 90 days, and had to be "reregistered". And since you can not do that anymore (since you have to go through the same startup procedure as if you were beginning a new account), only those who have maintained their Go mail accounts the last few years still have them (I still have mine for lb13 and Craig Paquette active)...

lb13

Corn wrote:Are accounts here likely to be auto-deleted for extended inactivity? Or will they stay alive even if we don't use them?

I'll throw in my 2 cents and say that there will absolutely not be any account deletions due to inactivity. lb13's statements were correct....there is no setting for auto-deletions here. The ability to delete an account is limited to manual, deliberate actions that can only be performed by three people...eyegor, lb13 and myself. Typically, only accounts used for spamming the Bored would be subject to deletion.

The only other circumstance I can think of that would warrant an account deletion would be if an account was used to do something illegal, especially something that I (as the site owner) could be held liable for. I seriously doubt that anything like that will ever happen, but it still has to be mentioned. Perhaps I should post a legal disclaimer somewhere on here.

Rexer25 wrote:Besides, think of who started this incarnation of our bored. Even if it were set to auto-delete, he'd find a way to stop your account from being erased

Quiet you.

If only tubadave and eyegor and lb can do this, what is the distinction between moderators?

peacock2121 wrote:If only tubadave and eyegor and lb can do this, what is the distinction between moderators?

Evidently forum moderators can only deal with messages and stuff within the forum. There's a note on the BB Transcript forum about the ability of those using the BBTranscriptTeam login to move threads to other forums, but not move them out. I don't think forum moderators have any ability to remove or change users' information. Bored moderators, OTOH, have full rights.

So....

eyegor, tubadave and lb are Bored Moderators and have power in all forums, even if their name doesn't appear there.

All others listed as moderators are moderators only in the forum underwhich their name appears.

Do I have that right?

peacock2121 wrote:So....

eyegor, tubadave and lb are Bored Moderators and have power in all forums, even if their name doesn't appear there.

All others listed as moderators are moderators only in the forum underwhich their name appears.

Do I have that right?

I think so. At least that's what I thought the distinction was.

peacock2121 wrote:So....

eyegor, tubadave and lb are Bored Moderators and have power in all forums, even if their name doesn't appear there.

They're classified as Administrators, with powers and abilities far beyond mere Moderators.

With great power comes great responsibility.

MarleysGh0st wrote:They're classified as Administrators, with powers and abilities far beyond mere Moderators.

With great power comes great responsibility.

Bow before me, my subjects.....

lb13

littlebeast13 wrote:

Bow before me, my subjects.....

lb13

Hey, minion! Did you get my request to scrub those posts? Huh, lackey?

littlebeast13 wrote:

MarleysGh0st wrote:They're classified as Administrators, with powers and abilities far beyond mere Moderators.

With great power comes great responsibility.

Bow before me, my subjects.....

lb13

Bite me

peacock2121 wrote:

littlebeast13 wrote:

MarleysGh0st wrote:They're classified as Administrators, with powers and abilities far beyond mere Moderators.

With great power comes great responsibility.

Bow before me, my subjects.....

lb13

Bite me

Only if you use the picture of those chattering teeth....

lb13

Dares don't scare me.

peacock2121 wrote:Dares don't scare me.

Okay, now I've got one for you. (A question, that is.)

Yellow or blue?

wbtravis007 wrote:Okay, now I've got one for you. (A question, that is.)

Yellow or blue?

green