OK so by now I've learned to research past nodes for relevant discussion before starting a new one - and of course, it doesn't take long to find the node reaper and (digging deeper) also discussion about users who don't log out.

Update: I searched for idle and user - apparently there are discussions about "trolls" but these didn't show up on my search for some reason! The rest of my original post continues...

But what about users who register (update: and don't even post or vote) and then do nothing for ages. What's the harm in that, you might ask. The problem is that these days user names are themselves a resource, just as are URLs. For example, someone called say Kevin might want to register that name, but an idle user has already bagged it and is sitting on it doing nothing, apparently content never to log in again since time began - so a bona fide new user might have his time wasted trying to find names like Kevin69 despite the possibility that some of the best names for him are not really in proper use.

Would it make sense to reap such idle users? Rather than just considering my example of idle users, perhaps you have better reasons for wanting a MonkReaper to be unleashed...? Or perhaps you think there is a good reason for leaving usernames even if they haven't logged in for 5 years....?

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