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Purging Old Inactive Accounts

[info]squeaky
1/10/08 03:33 pm
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I am starting the process to purge old inactive accounts immediatly. We are defining inactive accounts as accounts who have not had any activity in the past 2 years.

In the first phase I am going to immediately set the status of any inactive accounts who are not validated to deleted. This will give the account owners a period of two weeks to log in and set the accounts back to active. Since these accounts are not validated we do not have a reliable email address to contact the account owner with.

The second part of the first phase will involve emailing any validated but inactive accounts and warning them that their accounts will be set to deleted status in two weeks.

The second phase will occur in two weeks. The first part will be when the deleted accounts are automatically purged and the second part will be to set the status of any inactive but validated accounts to deleted.

The third phase will take place two weeks after phase 2 when the phase 2 deleted accounts are automatically purged by the system.

We will NOT include Self-Committed[paid] or Permanently Insane accounts in the account purge.

What this means is that when an account is purged, it is immediately available for use by an existing account via the use of a rename token. Rename tokens are available in the InsaneJournal Store for $5. If you have any questions or concerns with this process, please raise them in the comments to this post.
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  • From another PoV

    [info]ex_happy278
    1/11/08 05:38 am (UTC)
    Online journals can be like a dearly loved and cherished handwritten journal. But they can also be like a Lisa Frank notebook that someone has hundreds of and never uses them, only to pile them in a closet somewhere where they're never to be seen or remembered again. :P

    • Re: From another PoV

      [info]whatsthatsound
      1/11/08 07:05 am (UTC)
      Best. Analogy. Ever.

      • Re: From another PoV

        [info]ex_happy278
        1/11/08 07:41 am (UTC)
        *bows* I'm glad someone got it. XD

        Ahh childhood.

        • Re: From another PoV

          [info]fakia
          1/11/08 05:05 pm (UTC)
          ROFL. I used to save those and hoard ALL my Lisa Frank stuff. XDD I'd put my stickers in a plastic sheet instead of using them. I-it was shiney and pretty and awesome and why would I want to waste it? D:

          • Re: From another PoV

            [info]ex_happy278
            1/11/08 05:55 pm (UTC)
            Haha, pretty much! I used the stuff but I was like "I'll get more when this is no longer useable!". Man I miss the days when her stuff was cool, now it just looks weird and cheesy... well the newer stuff.

    • Re: From another PoV

      [info]squeaky
      1/11/08 12:09 pm (UTC)
      We are letting the owners know that we are doing this. The vast majority of these journals have never been used. The owners of these journals will have the opportunity to keep their journals by simply logging in once.

      • Re: From another PoV

        [info]ex_happy278
        1/11/08 04:11 pm (UTC)
        Yep yep! I bought a token already but even if I don't get the account I've been waiting for, at least I've supported the website. ♥

        • Re: From another PoV

          [info]squeaky
          1/11/08 05:04 pm (UTC)
          I am guessing by the time we are done we are going to have about 8000-9000 freed up usernames

          • Re: From another PoV

            [info]ex_happy278
            1/11/08 05:53 pm (UTC)
            Wow, definitely a free up.

            I was just stating that no matter the end results, it was money well spent. Sure, it's only 5 dollars but it's going towards the site. And when I can, of course I'll support it more!

            If the one I really want becomes active or any of the others I glanced at then oh well. I mean, there will be no list so I'd draw a blank on where and how to use the token, least for now. But that's okay! Because like I said, well spent!

            I've definitely wasted more then that in my lifetime with negative results. :P This is a win-win for me. Heh.

    • Re: From another PoV

      [info]rymack
      1/11/08 07:12 pm (UTC)
      Indeed it can be like that. But who is to judge.

    • Re: From another PoV

      [info]faithless
      1/13/08 01:15 am (UTC)
      WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN MY CLOSET?!

      • Re: From another PoV

        [info]ex_happy278
        1/15/08 04:37 pm (UTC)
        .... :O
        *slowly backs out but takes the Fear Street books with her*

        • Re: From another PoV

          [info]faithless
          1/15/08 09:45 pm (UTC)
          PSh. The Fear Street books are still on my bookshelf. Babysitter's Club is in the closet.
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