where have the non-playing players in my Friends list gone?

Deryck

@QueenB Just noticed today all friends in my list who hadn't played in months/years have been removed from my Friends list (consistent for both mobile and Win app).

My question is this: did King simply make those inactive players hidden from view, or did they delete/scrub those accounts? If the latter, what gives King the right?? And if this is some new policy, King must make it widely known now.

On the one hand, I like being able to know everyone in my list is now active—I don't have to pause and choose who to send lives to. On the other hand, what if those inactive players are just taking a break from the game and may return someday? Now they can't.

Edit: For reference, the "oldest" player in my list is listed as "Played 38 days ago". Since I have hundreds of friends in the list, I didn't click on everyone though, obviously. So that raises another question: what's the cutoff point for getting your account hidden from view/deleted? 2 months?

Deryck

@QueenB My question seems to have been forgotten. ^ That's OK as it allowed me to think of a better, related Q:

Does King enforce its policy of deleting accounts/games that have been abandoned beyond 180 days/6 months?

Because IMO, they absolutely should. No doubt there are tons of accounts that were abandoned as more players got fed up with the changes King has been pushing on us. Accounts well into the Level 5000+, meaning they use up tons of data.

But King likes to champion their game has millions (billions?) of players, when in fact those dead accounts support such a false statistic/claim, I presume. I bet if those abandoned accounts were truly purged, it would make the gaming experience smoother for those of us who've stuck around.

Deryck

@QueenB My question seems to have been forgotten. ^ That's OK as it allowed me to think of a better, related Q:

Does King enforce its policy of deleting accounts/games that have been abandoned beyond 180 days/6 months?

Because IMO, they absolutely should. No doubt there are tons of accounts that were abandoned as more players got fed up with the changes King has been pushing on us. Accounts well into the Level 5000+, meaning they use up tons of data.

But King likes to champion their game has millions (billions?) of players, when in fact those dead accounts support such a false statistic/claim, I presume. I bet if those abandoned accounts were truly purged, it would make the gaming experience smoother for those of us who've stuck around.