Replies to post #36 on SPAM

[Was (Bob)]

Well, there are two reasons I rename them:

1. So that subsequent readers of their posts can see by their name that they're spammers.

2. It amuses me and others.

Item 1 is irrelevant here. On SI it was the best I could do since it would often take hours to delete all of a spammer's posts and the deletions could only happen at night, leaving the posts out there to potentially cause harm (and set precedent) all day.

A valid question is "Is the amusement factor a good enough reason to do it or is it a bad thing to do?"

I'm in favor of doing it, but I'm not dead-set on it. Someone raised a very valid criticism of it elsewhere, so I'd like to get as much input on this as possible.