Do usernames here expire after 30 days of inactivity? - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: bulrush
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: February 27, 2017, 12:38:25 pm
content: I registered in January 2017 and tried to login today and I got an error "Username does not exist". So I registered again and here I am. Do usernames expire after 30 days of inactivity?Thank you.

author: Rerouter
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 27, 2017, 12:43:48 pm
content: If you never posted, then yes you may have been swept away. its a cleanup process that occurs from time to time.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 27, 2017, 01:01:09 pm
content: If your post count is zero then your account risks getting purged.

author: Damianos
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 01, 2017, 07:56:23 am
content: Interesting information!Does "this" count as a post, so I don't have to re-register?

author: tautech
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 01, 2017, 08:03:10 am
content: Quote from: Damianos on March 01, 2017, 07:56:23 amIt does.Welcome to the forum.We look forward to your ongoing contributions.

author: MrBungle
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 01, 2017, 08:19:31 am
content: Ok, this explains a lot....I was 100% certain I registered here a few years ago as 'MrB' but none of my usual password combinations worked.I followed the 'Forgot your password?' link but never received the email so I decided to search that username's posts.... nope, don't recognise any of those... D'oh! been re-registered by someone else.So, if MrB happens to read this, apologies for the reset password email a while back!

author: W9GFO
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 14, 2017, 04:36:37 pm
content: Quote from: EEVblog on February 27, 2017, 01:01:09 pmI had a zero post count for a full year, could be that the purge happened just before I registered and not since.

author: drussell
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 14, 2017, 05:04:31 pm
content: I don't believe Dave runsthe great purgeautomatically on any kind of set schedule.I think it only gets run manually when he notices the unused account numbers going up and wants to clean up the database so it is entirely possible to have had a dormant account for a year if your timing was just right.

author: W9GFO
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 14, 2017, 05:12:40 pm
content: Quote from: drussell on March 14, 2017, 05:04:31 pmIsn't that what I just said?

author: metrologist
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 14, 2017, 05:34:11 pm
content: Quote from: MrBungle on March 01, 2017, 08:19:31 amDoes it really work like that? I would expect you would have to enter an email address, otherwise that might could be an exploit?

author: tautech
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 15, 2017, 04:16:01 am
content: Quote from: metrologist on March 14, 2017, 05:34:11 pmNah, the other MrB has a dot after Mr and that's enough to make the difference.https://www.eevblog.com/forum/profile/?u=97049

author: MrBungle
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 15, 2017, 05:45:15 am
content: Quote from: metrologist on March 14, 2017, 05:34:11 pmYou can enter either an email address or a username.For an email address it will either come back as "There are no usernames associated with that email."(which is what I kept getting) or if it is a valid address it would email to confirm the reset.For a username, only the address registered to that username would get the email to confirm a reset. (or to ignore if it was not initiated by that user)Not sure how/if that could be exploited. Not interested in it anyway, I was not particularly attached to MrB. A few extra letters doesn't bother me

author: 99ZX9R
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: March 24, 2017, 04:05:28 am
content: New here too. Don't delete me. I want to read a bit before I open my mouth and stick my foot in it

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 24, 2017, 04:56:01 am
content: Don't panic.You've made a post, so you won't get scrapped by the default clean-up.Reading is always a good idea, especially if you ask something that has already been addressed. If it's 10 pages back on a long thread, people won't be too worried - but it would be a little embarrassing if it was only 6 posts previous.

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 25, 2017, 02:25:14 pm
content: While Dave does dump zero posters after a while ( basically whenever he has time, feels like it and thinks "gee it's been a while since I did this") there is almost no reason to not do a single post on the welcome new members thread ( sticky for your convenience) to both see how the SMF works here, and gets you a single post as a bonus.

author: MapleLeaf
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: March 25, 2017, 04:47:18 pm
content: But, but i view every day! Not much of a poster. To busy burning things up - poof.

author: skarecrow
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 28, 2017, 05:32:28 pm
content: Thought it might me a good idea to say hi so I don't get deleted too.Sent from my XT1565 using Tapatalk

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 29, 2017, 03:39:40 am
content: There's an "Introduce yourself" thread which can not only serve to do that, but to share a bit about yourself if you wish...Here's the link:New Member, Please introduce yourself

author: station240
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 30, 2017, 11:06:42 am
content: The never active account deletion is due to things like spambots that signup, then come back weeks/months later to post spam.

author: samarium
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: August 28, 2017, 01:10:22 pm
content: seems like a post is in order so I can lurk with username security

author: PeterW
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: March 21, 2024, 09:46:02 am
content: Hi everyone, a similar thing happened to me so I am also posting here to maintain my username. I know this is a very old thread but it seems like a good place to do it!

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 21, 2024, 12:01:38 pm
content: Quote from: PeterW on March 21, 2024, 09:46:02 amZero post accounts with no logins for at least several months are purged periodically.

author: SiliconWizard
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 22, 2024, 12:21:44 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on March 21, 2024, 12:01:38 pmAh yes, that's unlike the old Twitter then!(and FB)