Over the existence of the forums, the member list has become clogged with bot and fake accounts. Of the currently registered 6500+ members, less than a third have ever made a post; some of the non-posters may be genuine lurkers but the majority are simply bot accounts.
In an effort to make the member list actually useful again and to reduce the possibility of spammers, we're going to hold a bot purge within the next few days. We will delete any account that meets the following criteria:
- Has never posted
- Has not logged into the forum within the last 45 days.
That will eliminate most of them, and is unlikely to affect almost anyone who is a real person who reads the forums and just happens to not post. In addition, we will then go over the remaining 0 post accounts and delete all of those which we think are likely bots.
What does this mean to you? Well, if you have ever posted to the forums, you have nothing to worry about. If you are a human being with an account that just never posts, and you want to make sure we don't delete you - just make a post. It doesn't have to be a very contentful post, just reply here saying "I'm a person" or something like that, and we'll know you shouldn't be deleted. Or, if you really don't want to post - just wait, and see if your account is deleted, and start a new one if it is.