A while back I put the forum into "admin activation only" mode to stem the tide of spammers signing up to flood us with porn and viagra messages. So, once a week, I filter through the new user accounts, pick out the one or two valid new users, and delete the rest. It's not as difficult or time consuming as it sounds. I mean, the username "BritneyNude" probably isn't interested in tobacco pipes, and people signing up with usernames like "adkjhdfkgvb" are just plain not going to fly. I just go through the memberlist, find the valid ones and activate them, then switch to a console session on my server and issue a quick SQL statement that kills all accounts that haven't been set to active status.
Anyway, as I was sifting through the accounts, I came across a number of signup attempts with usernames like "kickthehabit" and "stopsmoking". Needless to say, they got deleted. I guess we've hit the big time now, eh?
Silly antis. You can't sign up here.
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