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I assume you're posing this question to the leechers/lurkers rather than to the people that post on a regular basis.
31, 836 is a LOT of members, and I don't think it's realistic to think that all 31,836 of them are going to post. It's very easy to get an account here on TFP. It doesn't cost them anything and they don't spammed as a result. I'm sure tons of people join, realize that the TB is nowhere to be found, and leave without bothering to erase their trail.
So take out the trash! Take those people that signed up way back when, with zero posts, that haven't visited in ages, and delete them. Or is there a way to send those members with under 50 posts an automated e-mail, telling them that their account will be deleted in seven days unless they start contributing to the community? Although I know that would potentially be a lot of work for mods to then evaluate each member.
I can tell you that for the first four months I was signed up, I had maybe 3 or 4 posts (and they were all on the TB, of course). It wasn't that I didn't want to contribute to TFP. At the time, I just didn't have the time and energy to join a new community and keep active. I'm glad I wasn't deleted because I eventually was able to get into the groove here (after a few weeks' lurking). But if I had been deleted, and I had gotten an e-mail explaining why, I would have understood it. If it was that important to me, I would have signed back up and contributed.
If it's costing you guys extra money to have the extra members on here, then get rid of them. They won't see this message anyway.
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