Why do popular sites prune inactive donators?

Well i have been thnking of changing that for awhile, for the simple reason that we get 500 new members in a month, but we loose 1200, so the membership always goes down.

it was just coincedence/the push that i needed to do it from this thread.

as for the 1kb of space, thats not really the point, we have had 350,000 members through the doors since dec 2006, so it is best to get rid of those that do not use there account, tbh whats the point of keeping them.
 
TrueSounds said:
I don't see stoi in the wrong, and don't see this as his responsibility. The OP was careless and should have taken precautions, but hopefully if and when he finds a referral he will be more careful with the account. The new pruning code is more than generous and won't leave an excuse for this happening again.
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i didn't say it wasn't OP's responsability, i'm just saying that this kind of mistake can happen to anyone. maybe he was busy with something important or maybe he simply forgot about his account, no matter what was the reason of the account loss, no one is infaillible and we're talking about something virtual that it is absolutely normal to forget about when you have an active life-style...
on the other hand, stoi is able to reenable his account just by snapping his fingers and that's what he should do, knowing that the guy has donated a certain amount of money to his site (which means he's very attached to BCG) but he obviously won't do that, preferring to act like a rigorist without an ounce of humanity...
 
hmm actually i cant re-enable his account, its gone into the wilderness.

so i am not acting like a rigorist (stoi goes to check dictionary.com lol)
 
But why should someone that donated 25p (yes people have donated that and less to BCG) get immunity from pruning for 1 year or eternity.

Yes the donation helped pay for the server whenever it was they donated, but if that was 6 months ago, its no good now is it, sorry to be blunt, but come on.
 
Well its about showing appreciation anyone can seed, but it takes something else to give away ur cash. I bet the majority of people who are on trackers never donate.
 
That's mean stoi :yes: .Pruning shouldn't be encouraged at all and especially for people who aid in footing server bills.

In many trackers and am sure BCG isn't exempt in this,there are certain usernames that just can't be touched,some of these people haven't used their accounts for years but their accounts still stand(and dare i say some of them even run exempt from the ratio system :P)so if trackers can go to such lengths for friends then i don't see why the same can't be done for friends with benefits.
 
stoi, don't be so matter-of-fact; obviously, the guy has donated over 100$ to BCG and whatever you may say, that's a valid reason to take his request into consideration..
 
Well you don't know if the guy is grossly exaggerating because he feels cheated, I mean he is not reputable on this forum. He should have parked his account or informed staff. Sure you may lose your home internet without notice, but connection is so widely available you'd have a chance to park at some point anyways, and in his case he was only moving. Not sure the old limit on parked account but surely it's not less than the time it takes to move.

I don't see stoi in the wrong, and don't see this as his responsibility. The OP was careless and should have taken precautions, but hopefully if and when he finds a referral he will be more careful with the account. The new pruning code is more than generous and won't leave an excuse for this happening again.
 
anyway i believe the rules of the game are well known, so can't see no point of whining about things that were predictable.. and yes, account parking and warning staff before going offline also could helped...
 
Most sites do prune donators. But there are some that don't. iTS is an example.

Want a better one? When you reach PU at UG or BG you can never get pruned.

Sure, some sites are about the money, but like someone mentioned, these rules are known. C'mon, you're able to log in once every 2 months if you leave in a ''normal'' country, right?
If you can't then you either have too many accounts at trackers and can't manage them all, or internet access is a real priviledge in your country.
 
Cabalo said:
*sigh*
man, it's all about the contents, the speed is quite relative, though on the fresh releases it is quite enough to max out my poor connection.
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Well if all he cares about is speed for new releases then there's no point wasting an account on him cause he won't appreciate it. Love the site, it has practically every pc game I'd ever think of playing archived, and that's most important to me. The speeds on older torrents are generally still faster than on 0day sites IF the torrent has even been kept alive on them. It's got everything in one place and you can count on the releases too work and if something's weird with the torrent the comments are generally more helpful than your typical warez sites 'thank yous'.
 
andy316 said:
getting bcg is quite easy...i got 4 chances to join,but refused all of them...heard that speeds suck most of the times
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lol so if someone told you to jump off beachy head (a famous suicide spot) because it was a liberated feeling, you would.

never listen to what others say, i bet you dont for movies or games, so why for this, try it yourself, i think you will be surprised, i max my 20 meg connection, most of the time, and thats even on 2 year old torrents.
 
The only thing that I could change about disabling accounts is some consideration given to long term members.
If someone has stayed on a site for say a couple - three years as a contributing member ( talking activity here ,not donating) I think the they should be rewarded with some leniency.Maybe after staff contacting them and determining if they still wish to be involved they could be awarded the equivalency of tenure.

Just a thought probably bs as usual.
 
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