I spent this sunday cleaning up our database and file system. Because we have so much data that our server will barf if you just look at it wrong. 11 years of data can get pretty insane in size.
One thing to note is that ~9000 members were wiped from the ranks. These are users that in the last 10 years have signed up but never logged in or posted. Quite amazing how many accounts met that criteria. Prospective spammers perhaps?
If you guys see anything missing, let me know. I have a backup.
Another thing is, We have half a gigabyte of text in the form of private messages. Totally nuts!
I'm going to delete PMs that are older than 5.5 years. So if you have any 'sentimental' PMs you're keeping around.. make sure to copy and paste or save the page as a save file, however you want to do it.
I'm giving you all 30 days notice before the super ancient PMs are evicted.
One thing to note is that ~9000 members were wiped from the ranks. These are users that in the last 10 years have signed up but never logged in or posted. Quite amazing how many accounts met that criteria. Prospective spammers perhaps?
If you guys see anything missing, let me know. I have a backup.
Another thing is, We have half a gigabyte of text in the form of private messages. Totally nuts!
I'm going to delete PMs that are older than 5.5 years. So if you have any 'sentimental' PMs you're keeping around.. make sure to copy and paste or save the page as a save file, however you want to do it.
I'm giving you all 30 days notice before the super ancient PMs are evicted.