[TalnSG]

Though I post regularly, I see value in those who only read the forum. Other than the General Topics, there is much to be learned hear from by those who are busier "listening" than "talking".

I say test the email addresses of those who are inactive and then delete those that are no longer valid. Any pruning of the membership beyond this is a disservice to many of the actual Japan-focused threads.

Besides the volume of the member list should only be an issue of capacity. Any system handling this volume of posting should not be looking to it membership data to free up capacity. Compared to storing the posts it's storage requirement is miniscule. The only others who I can see needing the membership list compacted would be either spammers or stalkers collecting data. Why would anyone else mind scanning more than a screen or two to find someone's profile that they wanted to contact?