[devonin]

Originally Posted by bmah

In response to your second paragraph:
It does seem like a ridiculous contrast in statistics at first, but consider that the inactive constituents consist of far more than retired players:
- bot users (majority)
- alt accounts for playing
- alt accounts for spamming (some users used to spam with hundreds of alt accounts)

You have to then consider how much the downtime of 2009-2010 has negatively impacted the number of new and returning players. Finally, the bigger trend - other than general site stagnation - is that rhythm games in general (and DDR-related ones in particular) have decreased in popularity. What was once a fad is now just another genre in gaming and nothing new. Certain areas such as the FFR game itself is being continuously updated and improved, but you should understand that site growth is generally an uphill battle.

Is there a reason to not actually delete those accounts that are the majority of that number, and bring it down to something that at least vaguely represents the size of the userbase?

It makes the site look a lot more crowded and busy than it ever will be to a new player, who is either going to be intimidated by thinking about competing with 2 million people, or wondering where the hell all these people are, as they consider joining the community.