Deleting members

Discussion in 'Managing Your Online Community' started by kev, Jun 19, 2009.

  1. kev

    kev Regular Member

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    I just got this email.

    This was a forum on a topic that I have an interest in. I signed up a week ago or so and today I got that email.

    I did not spam the forum and I thought my post were good. Ok, now get this, here are the forum stats.

    But their deleting new members?
     
  2. Lynne

    Lynne Regular Member

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    What were their membership requirements?
     
  3. Nick

    Nick Regular Member

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    Wow, that's definitely a bad idea on their part. Maybe we should lure them here and teach 'em a thing or two? :P

    Well, I guess they aren't going to get past 97 active members if they keep deleting legitimate users.

    But do they have some sort of strict limitations? The e-mail says you don't meet their requirements. Have you any clue what the said requirements are?
     
  4. kev

    kev Regular Member

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    I dont know. Everything was default vbulletin, the rules, the welcome message - everything. They were only using captcha so they might have been getting a lot of spam.

    I thought about signing up late tonight and posting a lot of spam, just for the fun of it.
     
  5. Blackout

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    Sounds like they're trying to limit the user count to something they can imagine or mayhaps they only want a certain audience?
     
  6. Tyler

    Tyler The Badministrator

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    I guess they're one of those invite-only type places. :(
     
  7. 50calray

    50calray Grand Master

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    Dude, don't you have a Bushmaster or something...whats the problem :p

    Seriously though, this sounds personal in my opinion. Do you know the members or mods on this site? I honestly can't imagine a site deleting accounts for the hell of it...especially that small.
     
  8. Soliloquy

    Soliloquy Regular Member

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    Did they say anything about membership requirements when you signed up? What are these nebulous membership requirements anyway?
     
  9. SRBuckey5266

    SRBuckey5266 Newcomer

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    Wow, thats dumb. I would keep the post count. :p
     
  10. Chris

    Chris Regular Member

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    Excellent. Is there anything else that you would do? I only ask because your post is a bit irrelevant when compared to what is being discussed. :)
     
  11. Nick

    Nick Regular Member

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    Kevin, I just realized that this is a vBulletin phrase and that it is a message that is sent out when accounts are deleted. I think it may only be sent to COPPA accounts though. Did you accidentally register as being under the age of 13?

    The phrase is "moderation_deleted" and here are the contents:
     
  12. Vekseid

    Vekseid Regular Member

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    That's the same sort of message you get at GFY or NetPond if you are uncool enough. For myself, though, I just move on. Not like I need them.
     
  13. Paul M

    Paul M Dr Pepper Addict

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    You say you already posted ?

    Thats odd, cause as Nick pointed out, thats the message sent to moderated accounts if the registration is rejected.
     
  14. kev

    kev Regular Member

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    I "thought" I had posted in the forum that deleted my account. But when I looked through the sections where I would have posted, I could not find anything.

    I'am now thinking that it was one of the couple of forums that I registered on that the account had to be approved. The administrator then deleted the account instead of approving it.

    Oh well, his lose, not mine.
     

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