test site migrating 3.0 ning site
Installation and Configuration
Yes that is what i'm doing now. I sent out the initial 'wave' of password invites when going live, which resulted in about 25% of my 4800 members logging in right away. Then 3 weeks later, I sent another wave out (and it was sent only to the ning members who still hadn't logged in yet)...which resulted in another 15% or so logging in within that 24 hours again. Many members are slow to respond or don't see the email.
I plan to send a third wave with a slightly more 'urgent' message in another 3 weeks or so. Then finally about 3 months after going live I'll send out a final notice that says if they don't log in their accounts will be removed. Which i may or may not do at that point.
We have to accept that on any social network, there is almost always a large proportion of members who sign up and then pretty much disappear again. You have to decide whether you want to retain those members, and for how long. On a media-rich site like mine with a whole lot of videos, uploaded audio clips, and photos, keeping long dormant members and their content will eventually boot me into a higher server price range...but at what actual benefit? Is the presence or content of those long gone members still important to the site? Such factors must be weighed against each other when doing site housekeeping.
JR gives us a nice user data browsing tool that tells us when a member's last login was (if ever), which is invaluable for this later down the road after ning invites are no longer sent out.
updated by @strumelia: 07/09/15 06:26:06AM
