Should users be deleted after 1 year of no contribution or post ?

[The Shape]

Just out of curiosity i've clicked on a bunch of random users that are online now to see where they are from or browsing now. I was surprised that some have joined 2006 with zero posts or reply's. some 2007 or 2008. Long time to just be lurking... Unless you they just like facials after the wife goes to bed.

Ha ha, fair enough dude

[zerorain]

A lot of us, including myself currently, love facials and our current women do not. I was an avid poster on the day with all of my own material but have since parted ways with my "model" A lot of what I do it browse now until the day returns for me to make some new smokin hot pics. haha

Zero

[dogbreath26]

No, although you might be on to something. The leachers/reposters chase away a lot of very good cum lovers who have their pics suddenly spread all over the place. You would think that there would be some way to weed em' out.

I post and reply and thank posters for sharing their content. I do not contribute though because pretty much all of the porn I get.... I get from here. The stuff I see elsewhere is typically stuff I've already seen here so there's no point in posting what's already been posting. We have some OUTSTANDING posters here who are on top of things, Shape, Azriel, Wobleybob, Gumsel, Elgrego, SimonKemp... just to name a few. I don't know how they do it, but I'm sure glad they do!

[alkie]

..The leachers/reposters chase away a lot of very good cum lovers who have their pics suddenly spread all over the place. You would think that there would be some way to weed em' out.

If you have any novel ideas on this subject that the staff have not already considered so far to try and alleviate this problem then we are all ears.

The sad fact is that will will never be able to stop some members flaunting certain rules in here, it is all down to how an individual views this place.

The vast majority of our members in here understand just exactly what we are trying to achieve when we set this place up over 5 years ago and will respect and uphold the basic principals that the forum stands for and also respect their fellow members wishes on reposting personal pix.

Sadly there are others who do not value this place as a community but just view it as a convenient outlet to smash n grab material and then use it as they wish.

Thankfully the good outweighs the bad many times over but a distinction has to be made here, not all lurkers will repost members material elsewhere but one thing is certain any that have been caught doing so will be banned.

[FranklinBro]

Fantastic question.
My opinion, which I do not expect to carry any weight here, as a lurker, is that this forum is a well run community.

I stumbled upon the site when searching out community implementation. Regardless of the subject matter, an online forum is successful when properly moderated, open to newcomers, and may or may not offer premium services.

Some forums work well with invite only memberships, so there is nothing 'wrong' with such a setup. But the hybrid free/premium sites, with a respectful community that enforces rules, allows for better growth options.

This community offers plenty for 'freeloaders', but there are obviously benefits for Platinum membership. Without the free part, there would not be as much as an incentive to even learn about Platinum.

That GloryHole interview thread was a fantastic way to get more paid members.

On the web, nothing can be protected fully. It is all subject to finding it's way into the public. However, in a community that creates respect for other's contributions, there tends to be much less 'stealing' and re-posting.

[bigtonkajoe]

no i dont thing so i'm a lurker but just dont like posting

[The Shape]

First I will say that I wouldn't lose any sleep over it. The reason being how can you miss someone you don't even know is there in the first place??

To me the lurker issue is more about changing peoples minds as opposed to punishing people who don't contribute. If we set up a rule like that it would only force people who don't want to contribute (even with comments) to make insincere replies just to stay here.

I have had some small results over the years by constantly harping about this issue. It makes me feel good when someone I have been after to contribute something finally starts replying to other people's posts. I also think that those people who finally did find out that it's much more fun to be involved and make friends here.

As far as people who haven't even been on the forum for more than a year, I could see deleting their accounts if it would benefit the forum somehow, if it wouldn't then it doesn't really matter either way.

One other thing, I was a lurker when I first got here. I was new to the forum idea in general and really didn't have much to say. Then I saw some posts, wanted to see more and started asking questions...that is how it starts. Now years later I couldn't imagine being here and not contributing at the very least replies to the people who take time to post things people enjoy.

It's one thing to be shy, but seriously this is as anonymous as it gets. Nobody knows you or can see you. Say something, post something, get involved and you will have a better forum experience guaranteed.

[sirramm]

I personally think if after being here a year and NOT contributing then yes delete the account...however! That just means a multitude of bogus accounts for the mods to deal with. I'd say if you don't "post" something every 90 days max then you get clamped down on and eventually moved to the delete status...lets face facts here it's the contributions that make this place rock!!!

[theoriemeister]

I've replied to lots of posts, started a few threads, and have even posted a pic or two. (I try to post pix I haven't seen on here, which are few and far between!) I have some great pics of gfs that I'd love to post one day, but until the subject of my pix gives me permission to do so, I'll respect her wishes.

[dogbreath26]

If you have any novel ideas on this subject that the staff have not already considered so far to try and alleviate this problem then we are all ears.

The sad fact is that will will never be able to stop some members flaunting certain rules in here, it is all down to how an individual views this place.

The vast majority of our members in here understand just exactly what we are trying to achieve when we set this place up over 5 years ago and will respect and uphold the basic principals that the forum stands for and also respect their fellow members wishes on reposting personal pix.

Sadly there are others who do not value this place as a community but just view it as a convenient outlet to smash n grab material and then use it as they wish.

Thankfully the good outweighs the bad many times over but a distinction has to be made here, not all lurkers will repost members material elsewhere but one thing is certain any that have been caught doing so will be banned.

I'm pretty certain that you guys have thought of everything

One idea I have is to disable right clicking for non-platinum members. The way I figure it, is that most of the people that come here solely for stealing photos to re-post are probably not paying for a membership. This would, I would think, discourage and/or eliminate at least SOME of the re-postings. Or maybe give our sharing members an option to disable right clicking on photos they don't want shared. Not to say that every leacher/spreader is a free member. Yes, I do realize that there are ways around not being able to right-click/save as.