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    Hmm. On the one hand, you make a good point about some users not visiting every day. But on the other hand, if you've just asked a question, I think it's reasonable to expect that you'll be visiting more frequently. Even new users who don't know about edits or comments should be interested in checking for answers; else why would they have asked in the first place? Commented Apr 9, 2013 at 18:18
  • How about three days starting from the user's first login after the question has been put "on hold", up to a limit of, say, two weeks? Commented May 1, 2013 at 21:16
  • Some [new] users seem to believe Stack Exchange to be a giant computer — possibly an artificial intelligence, possibly a hive mind like the Borg — and so they wait post a question, wait five minutes, and move on — perhaps to ask somebody else, perhaps to go outside and play, perhaps to go to sleep for the night.  Yes, I expect (and hope) that most of them return within 24 hours. Some may be indignant that the site is requesting that they to do more work (even if it is to allow us to better help them), and, if they go away mad, perhaps they’re not people that we want to retain as members. Commented Aug 24, 2017 at 5:57