China DOS Union

I see that some members in the forum have an inconsistent number of posts and points. They are people who have posted very few times! (Can't tell about the ones with more posts)

Is it that points are no longer deducted after a post is deleted now! Is that right? Only this can explain it!

I also noticed that some old members with 2000-3000 points are still "Registered Members". It seems they are founding members who came from the old forum, but just don't come here now!


Can the forum set it up like this:
Automatically send an e-mail to members who haven't shown up in the forum for 3-6 months saying: "If you don't come for a long time, your membership will be canceled"! To increase their enthusiasm!

DOS is free, and it's better to be free. What's the point of canceling it? Maybe someone has been busy for 6 months and wants to come and take a look, only to find that the original registration is gone, which is very disappointing. This thing mainly depends on interest. If you are interested, you will come; if you are not interested, even if you give him a super user ID, it may not increase his enthusiasm.

I actually think the forum's level isn't very useful. I used to be "Newcomer" and could still download attachments and do full-text searches. Now that my level has increased, there aren't really any privileges. It's not good that IDs get注销ed if you don't come for 3-6 months. The brother on the 2nd floor also said that.

Look carefully! I didn't say "cancel the ID if you don't come for 3-6 months", I said send a notice! And this is just my personal opinion! Just talk about it, don't take it seriously! If a person doesn't come for a year, the possibility of coming later is very small. Many of the many heavyweight members registered when the forum was created don't come anymore, which is a pity. After all, DOS can't compare with Windows! This is not surprising! I personally feel that the lively period of the current forum has passed, and what's left is personal hobby! In the future, new motherboard technologies, new systems, new hardware... new things don't support DOS anymore, what should we do? If Microsoft hadn't made a decisive decision to eliminate DOS and develop Windows back then, it wouldn't be the dominant position it is now!

If it is deleting a post, the points will of course be deducted. However, if it is deleting the entire thread, the points of the users who followed later may not be affected.

Points and levels mean almost nothing to our forum. How many forums open full-text search to all members besides us?

Brother weilong is right, it's all about interest.

If it affects the efficiency of the forum, I think we can consider deleting some IDs. We can consider the following situations:
First, IDs registered with registration machines that are specifically used to post advertising posts.
Second, some people registered on a whim and never came back. There are also some people who haven't come for a long time. Not to mention the password, they even forgot their own username. Such IDs can be said to will never be used in the future. Especially after the forum was redesigned, many users may not have correctly converted their passwords, resulting in invalid passwords and being unable to log in. This is also one of the reasons for the generation of such redundant IDs, so the user has to register another ID. Another reason is that some users can't log in for some reason after registering, so they repeatedly register. For example, "seazy03" mentioned in "Why can I only use each username for a few days".
Last time I remember that when discussing the forum redesign issue, "llm" seemed to mention the matter of deleting some usernames. In fact, I have always wanted to discuss this matter. From a certain perspective, it is best not to delete any usernames, but from the perspective of the forum's efficiency and burden, too many redundant IDs and spam posts will lead to a decline in its service performance. Moreover, our forum also has the full-text search function enabled. The "Computer Post" reader forum has now stipulated that IDs that have not been used for more than six months will be注销. Of course, the traffic there is not something we can compare with.
Up to the time I replied to this post, according to the forum statistics:
Number of registered members: 57835
Members who posted: 15594
Members who did not post: 42241
Members who posted account for 26.96% of the total
That is to say, even if we consider members who have only posted one post, there are only a little more than a quarter of active members (actually, it should be said to be usernames) in the forum.
I think that if it has a great impact on the execution efficiency of the forum program at present, we can consider deleting some hollow IDs, such as usernames that have never posted or even never logged in after registration. Of course, the time can be longer, such as one year or even two years or more. The reasons for their generation are as mentioned above. I actually think it's okay to delete these usernames. For a user who has never posted, when he comes to the forum again and finds that he can't log in, he can register his favorite username again, and it won't be a loss for him. For a user who has forgotten his username or/and password, he himself has to register a new one. If you delete his original one, he can register with his favorite username again. Maybe he will thank you, hehe. But there is one thing I am worried about. If a username that has posted is deleted, will his posts/replies still be retained? Or can we choose whether to retain them? If they can't be retained, it's too regrettable because there may be valuable content in his posts that is worth retaining. If that's the case, then deleting a certain username should be done carefully.
If these redundant and hollow IDs don't put too much burden on the forum at the present stage, then we can put them aside for now and deal with them later.

Originally posted by Wengier at 2006-7-2 01:08:
If the post is deleted, the points will of course be deducted. However, if the entire thread is deleted, the points of the users who replied later may not be affected..

Correct 1:
If the post is deleted, the points will of course be deducted. If the entire thread is deleted, the points of the users who replied later will also be affected, and 2 points will be deducted for each deleted post.
If the thread post is deleted, the user who started the thread will still get 6 - 2 = 4 points after deducting 2 points!

It seems that there is still a big loophole in the impact of deleting posts on points, which makes me dare not easily use the delete right now, for fear that deleting one will affect a large number, a bit depressed.

It is suggested that the webmaster or administrator come out to explain the impact of deleting posts on the points of the original poster and all the following users. After all, an authoritative explanation will make us feel at ease. Without an authoritative explanation, it is not convenient for the forum management.

If you don't dare to delete it, then don't delete it. If it's not possible, just move the post to the water-cooling area.

I used an advertisement post for testing and found that when a topic is deleted, the replies are also deducted 2 points. What the moderator qwe1234567 said is correct!

Originally posted by namejm at 2006-10-9 00:02:
　　It seems that there is still a big loophole in the impact of deleting posts on points, which makes me dare not easily use the delete right now, for fear that one deletion will affect a large area, a bit depressed.

　　Suggest the webmaster or administrator..

Moderator: Hello, next time there is an advertisement post, I will leave it to you!

I don't know since when the point rewards have changed again!
Reward for creating a new topic: 8 points - Reward for posting a reply: 4 points

Oh...Still don't know it's double today

Moderator qwe1234567: Didn't you read the announcement? It's only today! It will return to normal tomorrow!