| why tho I see absolutely 0 reason to do this aside from clearing up names. If the names are all we care about, could always do something where usernames get changed to some random name like User162423 or whatever after like 3 years of inactivity. |
| Once I came to think about that idea not long ago. But you have to analyze things: From what I see in the little experience I have in MAL, a lot of users have left this page for X reasons (Not just the one that happened in May). It is true that there are a lot of accounts that could be considered "junk" because of their permanent inactivity. However, applying this to "all inactive users" would be unreasonable. Many users are not empty; most have filled their list of some series seen, retired reviewers, moderators and people who were very active in MAL, even if they had nothing in their account. If this applies to those users, would not it be taking away a large amount of work that MAL has carried for several years? I think it could be applicable only to those users who "literally" do not own anything in their account, it's just there, without any "Forum Post", "Recommendations" or any other list; including that they do not have a profile picture. Although I think it's too complicated... |
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| The only acceptable thing is that users don't have literally anything (No lists, forum posts, etc.) but other than that accounts shouldn't be deleted... -Shigeko said: but now that u mentioned it, names is a good reason, a very good one. even i had to add the ugly "-" in front of my name bcs without was taken already. Well before there was a thread for usernames... https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1430734&show=3250#msg56037614 |
| So your logic was that some people out there constantly check users that were gone for a long while waiting for them to come back and that is so detrimental to their mood that we should just get rid of those inactive users for good so the active ones can finally just give up and move on with their life? What kind of reasoning is that :'D At least the usernames make sense (and others users have made similar suggestions), but there are already rules in place to ask a taken username (although the thread is currently closed for technical reasons, but hopefully will reopen at some point), so no need to remove accounts for that. Either way, I don't agree with this at all. Some inactive users do come back, even after years and why shouldn't their account stay intact? I stopped using MAL for a year at some point and then returned. I'd be pretty pissed if my account was gone (especially if the reason was that some active users can't take it, haha). Even if that happened, the threshold would be pretty large, like 5-7 years at least? Definitely not 6 months. Not mentioning that it wouldn't make the place more lively, because the active users would still be the same. It would only cause chaos because deleted accounts would mean deleted threads and posts, which would probably cause people to leave MAL as they are risking their posts in a thread to be forever lost if the OP leaves. But as others said, completely vacant accounts of a few years, could be ok, but those usually have sucky names either way. |
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| there is no point to automatically delete an account that has been inactive for 6 months because it doesn't do anything and some users might come back unexpectedly (one of my friends came back to mal after an entire year of hiatus for instance) deleting their accounts based on their activeness without their permission is just plainly disrespectful however I do think mal should've given the users an option to deactivate their account with their consent to put it simple, there should be a delete my account button |
| As someone who got caught up in the inevitabilities of life this past year, I would've been quite sad to see my profile vanishing simply because I had matters to attend to. Of course I'll try to keep up the activity now, but sometimes you can't escape priorities, and this seems like a harsh punishment, especially for those that have worked on their profile/Don't have a back-up of their list. |
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| Surprised that this has so many no's. I don't really see the logic in keeping inactive accounts from a user perspective or a business perspective. Like 3 years? That's not a vacation, they clearly have no intention of using their account and it's practically a waste of storage. Would much rather see that storage be put to use in pfp, signature sizes. I do see a valid argument in saving conversation and debates but a profile? Like if they have a great list, just copy all their anime to your plan to watch or something. If they have a great signature, save it. I hate the reason of "storage" being brought up against the make sig / pfp sizes larger, while contradictory actions like completed / denied suggestions + old profiles take up thousands upon thousands of GB's in space. |
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| Some people don't even consume anime/manga on monthly basis, meaning they will watch/read 3-4 shows max in the span of three years or more. I made this account in 14 for example, went on a break for 2 years and then came back in 2017. Reading VNs and LNs for example can take several months if you have little time on your hands. Might sound like excuses but it do be like that sometimes. There are also people like me who take years to remember a title they've seen or read |
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| If your name is taken then just be more original. |
| depending on how the account activation works for this site, why not adjust what OP said for accounts that haven't been activated for that time period? |
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-Shigeko said: MAYOISM said: there is no point to automatically delete an account that has been inactive for 6 months because it doesn't do anything and some users might come back unexpectedly (one of my friends came back to mal after an entire year of hiatus for instance) deleting their accounts based on their activeness without their permission is just plainly disrespectful however I do think mal should've given the users an option to deactivate their account with their consent to put it simple, there should be a delete my account button or this, yeah. or maybe both, like there's with other social media: deactivate (as to offer a possibility of coming back) or delete (forever). fine, u decide it for yourself then, with nobody doing it for you. great idea the account delete option is planned, its just that the developers are busy with other priorities, i read it somewhere here in the forums from one of the admins i think it was @Luna who mentions it |
| 6 months is a bit short. I have a friend who haven't logged in for years, forgot which email he signed up with and after I sent him a friend request logged in again. I think the site should send the first warning after 1 year, then another 2 in the following month, then delete the account. I think that would be healthy for the ratings. Deleting passive account would delete a lot of the older fake/bot accounts. |
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the whole click on the link to finalize registration thing, specifically accounts that never completed that step. |
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| No this is a terrible idea, the reason the DB and scores are useful is because of the huge sample size of lists that accumulated over the years. If only super recent accounts would exist the top lists would always just be the most recent hyped seasonals and nothing else. It would ruin any integrity of the average scores on MAL. |
| I probably regret this post by now. |
| if you purged accounts then scores would be messed up and other stats too |
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| I haven't watched anime in months and thus haven't used this site in months. If anything, it would need to be like a 5 year thing. |
| Delete after not logging in for a day, 24 hrs to be exact. OP, you're not doing it right. |
| 6 months doesn’t really seem like a long time to be inactive there could be many reasons as to why a member doesn’t engage for a period of time. If there is a real problem with dead/empty accounts then maybe a time frame of at least a year is the way to go or if shorter with an emailed warning before deletion to try and reengage the user |
Inorichi said: Surprised that this has so many no's. I don't really see the logic in keeping inactive accounts from a user perspective or a business perspective. Like 3 years? That's not a vacation, they clearly have no intention of using their account and it's practically a waste of storage. Would much rather see that storage be put to use in pfp, signature sizes. I do see a valid argument in saving conversation and debates but a profile? Like if they have a great list, just copy all their anime to your plan to watch or something. If they have a great signature, save it. I hate the reason of "storage" being brought up against the make sig / pfp sizes larger, while contradictory actions like completed / denied suggestions + old profiles take up thousands upon thousands of GB's in space. Funny thing is I came back here after three years so... |
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| that's a simple no for me The only reason would be to clear up names and unless the people who are gone are on your friends list or you are looking at forum posts from years ago, you wont notice that they are gone. Apart from that a lot of people, like myself, use MAL to store their anime activity and if my account gets deleted I'd lose all that just because then someone else can use my name? Doesnt make sense to me. Account deletion should really only happen when there is an account with 0 anything on it. |
| This sounds a bit early. Some people just take a hiatus for a couple of month, or wanna leave the place but return back again. It would suck to know to not have my account anymore. Also what if a heavy accident happens to someone who is unable to get earlier online again? One year sounds like a better time span. Cause if you're gone for so long you either won't come back or forgot the pw anyways. |
𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶? 𝘐'𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶. ¡ǝɯ ɥʇᴉʍ ǝɹǝɥ uᴉ ʞɔnʇs ǝɹ,no⅄ |
| Just delete Izuma for me. They've been dead since 2014. I want that name. But yeah, other than wanting names deleting Users is pointless. Plus, what would that do to the ratings? Wouldn't that have an effect? I don't think it's that big of a deal. Every site has tons of dead accounts. |
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-Izuma said: Just delete Izuma for me. They've been dead since 2014. I want that name. But yeah, other than wanting names deleting Users is pointless. Plus, what would that do to the ratings? Wouldn't that have an effect? I don't think it's that big of a deal. Every site has tons of dead accounts. hmm are you still using the email that is attached to your previous account? you can log in and change your username to a random one then log back in with your current account and change it to the one you previously used * nvm I realized its someone else's rip LOL same goes to mayoinnaise |
-Shigeko said: taking into account the fact that lots of users left MAL for good i was thinking of making it more alive (i mean less ghost accounts and more real ones) by eventually permanently deleting those that haven't been ONLINE for the past 6 months. if needed, an anime styled warning after 3 months "visit us, we miss you. - MAL fam" might sound lame at first, but it'll keep this place clean and lively! Clean and lively? Says someone who hasn't been in MAL for half a year. Create these stupid threads after you have been with MAL for at least 3 years. @Ardanaz your suggestion wasn't helpful either. |
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| Without reading the many reply counts, I would say a majority of the MAL user base have been offline for more than 6 months, especially when MAL's API went down. Accounts should be terminated at a period of time, though personally I use to use the site for anime purposes without logging into my account or creating one. |
| No this is a terrible idea as it would delete a lot of accounts ratings given by old users and thus mess up the whole ranking system plus there are some users who used to be very active, some of them have thousands of forum posts and others have highly rated reviews and completely deleting them means deleting there contributions too. Ardanaz said: [we] could always do something where usernames get changed to some random name like User162423 or whatever after like 3 years of inactivity. Then why don't we do so ? We really need to system to get inactive usernames. |
Dark_Lord9 said: Then why don't we do so ? We really need to system to get inactive usernames. There are a lot of things that we want. MAL has a very small dev team, so I'll be pleasantly surprised if we get any kind of new features at all tbh |
Ardanaz said: why tho I see absolutely 0 reason to do this aside from clearing up names. If the names are all we care about, could always do something where usernames get changed to some random name like User162423 or whatever after like 3 years of inactivity. Can't agree more. |
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| You know, I originally voted that an account be deleted after 365 days of inactivity. However, after skimming through several of the comments, there are some good points to be had here that goes against my initial reaction. There are numerous reasons why someone would be inactive for a long period of time. Sometimes, users aren't all that active on the site because of personal reasons or just the ways of life in general. Someone shouldn't have to be forced to spend every breathing moment on this website just to ensure that their existence is secured. There are plenty of users (I'm not just talking about MAL) who will take a long hiatus before coming back to the website to continue where they left off, or come back just out of nostalgia. It would feel terrible if you came back to your account being deleted for inactivity, because that would just be inhospitable. It just makes the user feel disposable, and that's not the kind of "warm welcome" we'd like to give to other "reoccurring" users. |
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| No what the fuck? That's needless |
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