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author: Martinp23
date: 2012-04-06 20:33:38+00:00
slug: database-prune
category: freenode
category: infrastructure
category: technical
+imported: yes
+robots: noindex
---
Every couple of years, freenode likes to get out the shears and prune the services database. Recently we broke the 80,000 usercount barrier, but the services stats are way ahead:
-> 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/>
+> 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