Why Are You Deleting Accounts?

[Travis]

I've been asked a few times why we are deleting SSV accounts, so I thought I'd do a quick explanation.

 

If you look at the bottom of the forums, you'll see number of registered accounts. Right now, we have 7,772 people who have registered for membership at SSV. That is a HUGE number of people. Keeping records on that many users takes up a lot of space in database. I assure you, we don't have 7,772 people visiting SSV each day, or week, or month. I'd wager that most of those accounts are from people who wanted access to our excellent Pattern Library (which I'm fine with). But in order to get that one pattern, they had to be a member first. Other accounts are from folks who has lost interest in scrolling, since. And other accounts are from people who forgot they even had an account here.

 

To make the database file I have to move smaller, I'm deleting accounts from members who don't have at least 1 post in the forum. This is just a flag for me to not delete the accounts of those who want to keep them active.

 

Now I guarantee that I'll be getting emails from people who are upset that I deleted their account. Honestly, it's not a big deal. All you have to do is sign up for a new account and you'll have access to everything SSV has to offer.

 

If you see anybody upset in other forums or websites, just tell them to re-register for their free account. There is no hard feelings. I'm not punishing anybody. The inactive user purge was just a necessary evil we had to do in order to make the move as smooth as possible.

[rickther]

I am not a big poster, but a big reader. thanks for your hard work.

Rick

[bonacker]

Hi Travis!

 

This is Bonacker. Am I still a member? I have been ill for most of the past year (I'm 69) and have not uploaded anything in a while. Guess I became one of the idle ones.

Looks like SSV has changed its look and am trying to navigate my way around. I guess my album with all its uploads is now gone?

I looked in "Old Gallery" but saw nothing.

Do I have to reregister? Can I use my same name and password? I did see that my picture came up when I signed in this time.

I hope I can remember how to utilize your site.

 

Thanks, Art

[Travis]

Yup. You're still a member. We're moving everything from the old gallery to the new one. You can still access your old gallery, but you can't upload to it. You'll have to use the new gallery for new uploads.

 

I hope you enjoy the new site. It's much better than the old one.