I have noticed while on the answers page that there are a lot of single-use accounts. For example, you may find an account from 2016 that posted one question and never did anything again. I started my account asking a question, but I continued to contribute to the site. A lot of accounts don't. Can there be an account deletion threshold after, say, one year of no activity?
Hi @guardian10,
This is an interesting question. Can you share more on why we would need to delete these accounts?
At this point, I would say that many of our users come to the site when they need repair information, and then they leave until some level of support is needed again.
From another perspective, there's a (rather accurate) phenomenon within internet communities that is called the90-9-1 or 1% rule. The gist is that 90% of folks consume content (lurkers), 9% update or alter existing content, and only 1% contribute new content. By that logic, many of these accounts you're looking at seem to be empty, but it's likely they're still reading. :)
That being said I'm open to chatting about your suggestion further!
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426997, 2652570, 2652533, and 2222813 are good examples.
I can see how they could still be reading, and have no idea that they can write repair guides, answer other questions, and more.
by guardian10
Maybe they just like to read our blog posts. =]
by Amber Taus
@amber @guardian10 is there anything to be gained from this?
by oldturkey03
I understand the reason for thinking about removing them, but I spent years looking at the web without contributing, because I had no experience.
Reading guides and answers helped me a lot, before I could be useful in answers/guides.
by Oscar
@oldturkey03, my personal opinion is to not delete accounts unless the user is breaking community guidelines. However, I'm always open to listening/participating in discussions that go against what I think.
by Amber Taus
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