What's Up with the Fluctuating Membership?

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Membership numbers have recently dropped from 17,120 to 16,879, raising concerns about potential spambot attacks or other issues. Regular fluctuations in membership are common, with monthly cleanups removing inactive members who haven't confirmed their emails. The process of clearing out these members is managed by a housekeeper, highlighting the ease of the task. The discussion reflects on the ongoing challenges of maintaining an active member base. Overall, the community is aware of and actively managing membership fluctuations.
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Yesterday there was about 17,120 members, now it's down to 16,879. In fact, this type of fluctuations often happen. Are these just denial of service spambot membership attacks or something?
 
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Once a month I clear out old members who never confirmed their email, thus aren't active.
 
Greg Bernhardt said:
Once a month I clear out old members who never confirmed their email, thus aren't active.

I hire a housekeeper to do that.

:)

Zz.
 
ZapperZ said:
I hire a housekeeper to do that.

:)

Zz.

haha you're looking at the housekeeper, I got the easiest job in this joint :biggrin:
 
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