Inactivity and You

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Previously, users were required to post at least once every six months to ensure their accounts remained in good standing (e.g. "active"). In an effort to encourage activity with some tough love, the following mechanics are now being used:

• Inactivity Policy only applies to Newbies, Members, and Advanced Members
• Accounts that were created 30 or more days ago and have not posted in 30 or more days will be marked inactive.
  • Content count is not considered. Whether you have 0 posts or 49, you're subject to this rule. To further clarify: if you create an account and don't post at all within 30 days, you'll be marked inactive. Even if you're logging in daily and downloading files.
  • To remove yourself from the Inactive Members group, you only need to post once.
    • Please do not spam with "thanks", "welcome", or other useless nonsense. Your account will just be flagged as a spammer.
  • We're evaluating our options for improving this feature.

Inactive Members have several restrictions placed on their accounts:

• Cannot view or download files.
• 300 second flood control (as opposed to 30 for Members).
• Cannot create profile status updates.
• A maximum of 1 PM can be sent per day, with a stored quota of 1 and a maximum of 10 stored notifications.
• New Threads: restricted to Off-topic Lounge, Member Introductions, and the Tutorials/Support areas for IPS, XenForo, and WordPress.
• Replies: restricted to Off-topic Lounge, Member Introductions, and the Support areas for IPS, XenForo, and WordPress.

We understand that life sometimes gets in the way of hobbies, so please do not presume that if you are demoted to Inactive Member that this is some sort of blemish on your record. You can continue posting in most forums, including our support forums.

The current setup is just a first pass and is subject to change; it currently does not delete any account from this website (as opposed to the old MIM system on 3.4).