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I was looking throught the memberlist, and like 8242 out of 10892 members haven't even posted once. That's too much. I think CheapyD should eliminate all members who haven't posted.

As opposed to the mass poster like yourself?

Sorry, just seemed a little odd.

Cut him some slack...he's Canadian, eh!

Well 5 posts is WAY more than 0, plus I just joined in Dec, but I just fixed my internet (and by fixed, I mean I basically said SCREW OFF to my old IP), so I really couldn't post. 'Cause, you know, it's hard to be an active member of a message board without the internet.

how do you know those 8242 members dont have your old IP? judge not lest ye be judged yourself... eh?

I usualluy just came here to look at the cheap ass deals and I never posted and then I just started posting for some reason, lol

Why should somebody have to post to be considered a member of the site?

Because of "mynameisnotBillis" and "mynameisnotbillis13" Those are just 2 I picked out when going through the list. I think some people are just creating user accounts for the purpose of clogging up the memberlist.

Eh.

They could have created user accounts to access the forums for deals and didn't post anything.

what kind of criminal mastermind would want to clog up a memberlist? what kind of canadian would search through said memberlist? oh wait, i know the answer to the second question.

hahaha...I think it's fine that some people don't pst messages. To be honest I just post to either try to help out someone or express my opinion...Some people just aren't that expressive I suppose.

Cheapy should keep track of when a person last logged in and delete those who haven't logged in, in over 6 months.

You know, I think I'd rather have most of those people just lurk on the deals board instead of post... the last thing you want to do is put some arbitary restriction on that will end up in a bunch of fairly pointless posts about stupid, pointless garbage just so someone can stay a part of the boards. Have you ever seen some of the garbage that people have posted on gamefaqs just to get thier daily Karma points?

That's what LUE and the Special Boards are for...at least in theory.

Cool original Cobra Commander avatar, Sweeney.

Originally Posted by JSweeney You know, I think I'd rather have most of those people just lurk on the deals board instead of post... the last thing you want to do is put some arbitary restriction on that will end up in a bunch of fairly pointless posts about stupid, pointless garbage just so someone can stay a part of the boards. Have you ever seen some of the garbage that people have posted on gamefaqs just to get thier daily Karma points?

I agree and I don't think that Cheapy should shout it out to the world that he is deleting certain accounts. If you keep it quiet then nobody will act differently right?

Anyway, accounts that are just taking up space and not being used should be deleted after a certain amount of time, and I don't mean people who don't post - I mean people who never log on.

does it really matter that much

those 8000 non-posters probably click on a lot of cheapass links, thereby keeping this site alive and free for us all.

I don't see how someone with a whopping 5 posts should be bashing the zero posters anyway. 5 posts is not much more than zero. Maybe Cheapy could make a special forum just for cheap ass regulars.........

Some folks just dislike message boards, but want access to the non-front page deals. If this community was like Gamefaqs, I'd register for forum access but not post anything.

Or maybe they just spend more time playing games than typing about them.

If cheapyD doesnt want the members as lurkers he just has to allow the public to view the forums...

he made his decision long ago for the deals to be members only...

in ways it is smart...many people may lurk and leave...but when you see his site has 10,000 members you get excited about finding a community. What if the site had only the 200-500 people who regularly posted? Would his site do as well? Maybe not.

I also wish more members would post less. Especially those with really ugly brown signatures
:-)