Do you delete banned accounts?

[Alex]

Do you delete banned accounts? I do not remove banned accounts as they have been banned for a reason subsequently meaning there is nothing to stop them from creating another profile to evade the restriction. However, if required to do so legally under the GDPR, I will process data removal within 30 days. What about you?

 

[Busybee]

I too won't delete banned accounts. Would make their profile and offensive posts invisible. Would insert a note in that profile, so that in the future would remember the reason why I have banned them in the first place and would blacklist them from opening a new account from the same Ip and mail-id.

 

[BrolySSJ]

I think that it is probably better to keep the banned accounts on the platform sometimes, because it can allow for other members to see their past content and in this way perhaps it will give them an indication as to the actions that lead up to them being banned in order to try and prevent them from making the same mistakes. However this can lead to clutter on the forum so there are pros and cons on both sides of this.

 

[WebKitty]

I do not. I will just rename the accounts and change the login details after banning the person. This way I will know who it is and they will no longer have access to the account at all. The only accounts that get deleted outright are spam accounts and they usually only have 1 to 5 posts anyways.

 

[BrolySSJ]

I do not. I will just rename the accounts and change the login details after banning the person. This way I will know who it is and they will no longer have access to the account at all. The only accounts that get deleted outright are spam accounts and they usually only have 1 to 5 posts anyways.

What is the point of renaming and changing the log in details of the account? Do you then give those details to another user that wishes to join in the forum or something of that nature? Is this a way of recycling the accounts to avoid the clutter in the forum that you are operating?

 

[Kane]

I do not delete banned accounts, I keep them as deleted accounts. This helps other members understand that people can be banned on the site for violating accounts. If the account purely belongs to a spammer and he has done nothing but just spamming, I just delete the account along with the posts
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