lookin at member list and seein ealiest posts but its like there re none before a certain date, did the earliest of posts get deleted or somethin? was there just no activity in the first couple of years of eoff?
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lookin at member list and seein ealiest posts but its like there re none before a certain date, did the earliest of posts get deleted or somethin? was there just no activity in the first couple of years of eoff?
They were deleted, although the admins say they "pruned" them. This is just a useless crappy word they use to make themselves feel superior, as if their godly powers weren't enough.
It was to make more database space or something like that.
Yes, much propaganda was spread about the prunings, when will the next one be would be a good question... will we ever know? Will rubah ever stop talking about RSL? Will RSL win sexiest female? Will RSL cut his beard? Will I stop talking about RSL?
They're just hiding the evidence by mass-slaughtering everything.
...I blame RSL.
I blame PiP the cat, and PiP himself.
Posts and threads (Obviously) that were made in general chat got deleted about every year. I think they stopped "pruning" the old posts. What I do know is that they stopped pruning members...
One important thing to note: Crash loves the term "pruning".Quote:
Originally Posted by Psychotic
It is widely known that moderators make natural gardeners.
there's tons of old old posts that are lost to time from before the latest incarnation of the boards, which dates from around March 2001.
I sure hope you don't have a problem with it...Quote:
Originally Posted by nik0tine
Prune crash.
If it wasnt for Meat Puppet, I wouldnt be posting in this thread.
But just as a heads up, the archvies might have so century old posts in their for your viewing pleasures.
EoFF would be a trash pit without me...Quote:
Originally Posted by Meat Puppet
Knock it off with the spam, please.
The staff used to mass delete posts to save room in the database, but I don't think we need to do that anymore.
As a note, we still prune members with 0 posts though :p
my ffonline account got pruned despite my having at least 10 posts! those guys are jerks.
Just another reason why EoFF is better, really.
yes, we are welcoming and friendly.
and accept registrations in a timely manner.
And RSL.
Man, your guys are full of irony
what
iorny? That's a new one. :p
I'm pretty sure I already covered that one quite sufficiently :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Hsu
So, you're saying you don't need to anymore? why is this?
We do still need to prune members :p
...you're telling me to stop posting in this thread aren't you?
This leads me to the question, after what time and how few posts are a user pruned?
A member would only be pruned if they has zero posts and they had been registered a long time.
That's not true. I gave you guys MANY many members that haven't posted yet none were pruned...Quote:
Originally Posted by cl_out
We only prune members that have never posted, not members that have even 1 post :p Unless someone makes a mistake, anyway :p
Basically to free up usernames really for others to use that might actualy post, can't think of any other purpose :p
I know. I did give you guys members that only have 0 posts...
We prune at our convenience, not yours :D
:P Im not trying to be smart, Im just trying to be an ass and help out at the same time...
Well those two are mutually exclusive, so you're just wasting your time^_^
Nuh-unh. I helped RSL and he said thanks...
Seriously, even if you give them member names with 0 posts and such (which isn't hard with nice search parameters) it's still extra work.
Yeah, if you want them to do any work you have to label it "LAZY ADMINS work inside"
I invented that!
And we are proud of you for it.
now I know how to answer that question Leeza always asks in EoY threads.
Some forums prune the threads automatically. It's so the hosts dont have to keep your crap on their system... But if you have your own server then it's different.......
Whatever happened to EoY?Quote:
Originally Posted by eestlinc
Unlike most things on the internet, it stopped while it was ahead.
Well, whaddaya know :D