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[–] [email protected] 18 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

That small of a userbase and they still nuke accounts for being inactive?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

I don't remember what server it was, maybe they had a good reason. I guess around 2016 there was a short boom that resulted in a lot of inactive accounts after a few months..

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

They don't have a monetary incentive to bloat their figures.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

Letting people who aren't on all the time keep their accounts isn't really bloating the figures. Deleting you after a few months of inactivity is a dick move yo

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago

Yeah I'd agree that that's a short amount of time. I was moreso just giving my opinion on why a for profit platform may not delete anyone unless they explicitly have to or are asked to