Going through the tech forums members list you find a lot users that posted once never to return even to review/reply to their technical quandaries. Some sign up, make a few posts and are never heard from again. I was thinking, is there a way to delete users who have been inactive for more than a year? I understand we do have some people who CAN'T be on for reasons such as going into service etc.
I was thinking if it was possible to add in a feature that first puts inactive users in a dormant state with an alert email then after a set amount of time they receive a warning of their account being deleted and then after that times up they are deleted, but people with legitimate reasons for being absent could qualify for an exempt status and they would not suffer deletion upon being absent for a long time.
First step would user is absent for X amount of days, account now dormant and requires the person to come onto tech forums and revalidate that account.
Second step would be a lockdown with a warning of impending deletion after X amount of days.
Third step would be an email alert of deletion in 72 hours or less followed by immediate deletion after that time is up.
Status Exempt would be given only by admin and super mods to those who can not login to tech forums for valid reasons, i.e. going into the service, blocked by college firewall, etc.
I was thinking if this could be done it'd cut down on a lot of members who no longer come to tech forums as well as get some back who forgot about it and will free up some of the clutter going on in the members list.