Deleting Spam Accounts...

[Carlos]

Okay, so I've made the decision to delete spam accounts on my largest site. There was 450+ accounts banned. I went through the list of banned users and started deleting them accounts one by one, checked off the list - the list is now only at 95 banned accounts.

Have you ever done this? Have you ever decided to do away with banned accounts and/or spam accounts?

It feels good, a lot of weight has been lifted off... Ahhh...

 

[AndyB]

I never understood why admins ban a spam account.

 

[Carlos]

I never understood why admins ban a spam account.

Kind-of like jail.... Don't make it easy for them to come back and do the "crime" again.

I only deleted the accounts because it's way past a year since they've "joined."

 

[Jeremy]

The minimal amount of space they occupy v the possibility of the same machine re registering... I'll use the few kb.

 

[Carlos]

The minimal amount of space they occupy v the possibility of the same machine re registering... I'll use the few kb.

Exactly what I thought recently.

 

[MikeMpls]

Spammers are deleted, other miscreants are banned.

 

[Eαятн Bε Lσsт™]

Personally I've just banned the known IP addresses that join, I simply delete their accounts as it always saves space but if you're on a hosting plan that gives you a fair amount of resources to which you won't really hit, I'd rather keep them as a banned member so it's more clean and easier to deal with!

 

[DRE]

Straight up delete em.