Check out the BOA forums memberlist for an idea of what can happen if the spam senders are ignored while the posts are deleted. I can't speak for anyone else, but i kinda like being able to sift through the memberlists to see who's here. Good luck finding anyone real on that forum.

The only things actually lost would be old PMs right? we'd still be able to PM in the future, and then just have to re-do the avatar right?? so in the long run nothing would be changed?