+> Sat 13:35:46 -OperServ(OperServ@services.)- Registered accounts: 446777<br>
+> Sat 13:35:46 -OperServ(OperServ@services.)- Registered nicknames: 557497<br>
+> Sat 13:35:47 -OperServ(OperServ@services.)- Registered channels: 141373<br>
+
+We've noticed that nearly half of the accounts shown there haven't been used in
+the past 6 months! More importantly, over the past few months many people have
+noticed significant waits when issuing certain services commands - and we'd
+like to fix that.
+
+Hopefully, the [services
+upgrade](http://blog.freenode.net/2012/04/help-us-test-our-services-upgrade/)
+should help with this, but we're going to coincide this with a database prune.
+
+As of the services upgrade date, any nicks unused for > 150 days are at risk of
+being dropped. This includes grouped nicks. The easy way to avoid this
+happening is to use each of your grouped nicks (while identified to the
+appropriate account) within the next few weeks - and to drop those that you
+don't need anymore!
+
+The testnet (testnet.freenode.net, port 9002. 9003 for SSL) is running a
+database snapshot from mid-March and will be periodically updated from the
+production network. This database instance is being regularly pruned - so check
+there to see how your account will be affected (use /msg nickserv info on both
+the production and test networks to see the differences).