Ok, we decided to start with the lowest stakes group of users: the folks who’ve got paypal as their default, but never even created a goal. We’re going to send them a “Fear of God” email – something along the lines of: “we’re cleaning up unused accounts. if you want to keep your username, do [sign into beeminder and create your first goal] before [DATE], otherwise your account will be deleted”.
I’ll run a pre-query to check if there are any users where golcreated didn’t get instantiated when we added it. We’ll want them to match the query as well and get emailed.
query:
User.where(:default_paytype=>"paypal", :stripe_id=>nil, :golcreated.in=>[0,nil])
email draft:
Subject: create a goal to keep your (USERNAME) beeminder account
Hi there, it’s been years since you used your Beeminder account. We consider your account abandoned and want to reclaim your username and URL – beeminder.com/USERNAME.
If you’re done for good, simply do nothing and we’ll delete your account and free up its URL in in one week.
BUT WAIT! If you still want your account, here’s what to do:
- Sign in to Beeminder (beeminder)
- Create a goal
If you run into any trouble with that, please reply to this email and we’ll help sort it out! And if you’re still curious about Beeminder but now is just not the time, no worries! You’ll be able to create a new account any time. (You just might not get your original [USERNAME] username).
Thank you for trying out Beeminder way back when!
Danny and Bethany, cofoundersP.S. In case you forgot, Beeminder is about committing to a goal, tracking your progress, and getting charged actual money if you go off track.
P.P.S. There is no unsubscribe link down here because this is a one-time email about a change to your account. If you want to receive no more emails like this, well, do nothing and in one week your account will be deleted! Or reply to this email and we can delete it right away? But seriously, maybe give us a try first?