With this logic, you would wash the databases everyday--because a clean database, to you, is better than an active one.

Dont you understand? If you hosed the database and opened the doors for registrations AGAIN. . . they would refill faster than you can imagine, and surpass the current number of registrations within hours.

The world would descend upon the database, and this time with many clever techies grabbing the most and the best within minutes.