Quote from: KenR on May 06, 2016, 08:37:37 PM

Quote from: Lauda on May 06, 2016, 08:28:32 PM

If there's an added cost of 2 BTC per signature, they risk a lot of money each time they try to spam. It would most likely net them a negative amount as they would be caught before they could ROI.

I disagree.

There's nothing really to disagree with in that statement. Unless you think that the staff is not capable of finding those spammers before they reach ROI on that 2 BTC.

Quote from: KenR on May 06, 2016, 08:37:37 PM

We're forgetting the main goals of our existence in this forum,we're here for bitcoins and casting our opinions on the subjects rather than investing money for ROI in terms of signature campaigns.

The spammers have forgotten that and are making the 'daily life' on the forum for others worse.

Quote from: KenR on May 06, 2016, 08:37:37 PM

Why do I see some campaigns causing less spam compared to other ? Managers ? Rules ? Fixed Posts ? Even though this seems like a complex option but could be analyzed .

If I were to pick one, it would be the manager. A campaign that requires a fixed amount of posts does not prevent spam at all if it has a high amount of participants (as some will likely have multiple accounts in it).

Quote from: ibminer on May 06, 2016, 08:41:03 PM

I'm saying they wouldn't even pay the 2BTC for the status... they just spam on accounts with no signature until they get high enough to get some type of value for the account, if they get banned for spamming, its just lost time. Eventually they either sell the account without 'Supporter' status or they purchase the 'Supporter' status right before they sell the account, and subsequently mark up the price of the account and advertise it as "having Supporter status"

Again, I have to remind people that there is no such thing as a perfect solution. Something that makes their 'life' harder is all that is needed in order to suppress this habit. There would be a huge difference (especially for the individuals that have a huge amount of accounts) in net profit if they aren't able to participate in signature campaigns until they rank up.

Quote from: ibminer on May 06, 2016, 08:41:03 PM

I would also question what the advertisers are going to do when they see a drop in people using their advertisements.

The forum offers advertisement slots.

Quote from: ibminer on May 06, 2016, 08:41:03 PM

They could also come up with workarounds to the situation and start paying people on just mentioning their company name in a post...

No. Off-topic advertising is against the rules (i.e. off-topic posts are in general).