*It'll just take some effort The lag is completely server side (although it can be worsened with a laggy computer.) That can easily be seen because even the best of computers, with great internet, will have lag. ClearLag helps, but it only clears ground items which are totally not the entire problem. Most all (if not all) fixes could be made by plugins. The plugins could completely unload chunks that people are not loading and/or deleting abandoned islands. It can also easily be made so people can not be AFK (not even in AFK pools) which could help reduce lag. Another problem could be the implemented AntiCheat plugin is checking too many events all at once. There are more (many) problems along with solutions, but these are some of the biggest and should be fixed ASAP. I am not at all suggesting the developers are not working their hardest. In fact, I would love to get in touch with them and help solve the issues.
Some people leave there islands for along time and come back like you and I coming back after a couple months. By deleting islands you might be deleting someones master piece and they come back on to no island and ask questions and wonder why?? We both know how important our islands are to people(5 years in the making). Deleting islands might cause problems between the people(players) and staff and might be a lot of chaos through out the server and forums. It might not get that bad but you never know what could happen. All I know is if I came back months later and my island was deleted I would be pretty mad and ask what and why happened.
Be self-sufficient: 1. Go to Staff Team (on the top tab list next to "Forums") 2. Scroll down to Developers 3. Start a conversation with the developer who was promoted most recently (you'll likely see a lot of recent "Congratulations!" posts on his profile). 4. Converse with said developer. VoilĂ .