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Quote from: hilariousandco on August 06, 2016, 04:41:27 PM

Even a constructive thread can be taken over by shitposters so do we trash that as well?

The solution to this on another forum I'm a part of was to be a lot more liberal with locking threads. For example, once a question was answered or a request was fulfilled the thread was locked to prevent further spamming. This would prevent threads like this and this (which is essentially the exact same topic anyway) from gaining any sort of ground with spam.

Quote from: MrBig on August 06, 2016, 07:33:50 PM

How do you stop signature spam when paid signatures are allowed?

You moderate the users, or you remove the paid signatures. While this is a lot easier said than done, I'm hoping that something eventually gets theymos' approval and it can begin to take effect; there's only so much users can do without authority.

1. It's better to attempt to merge those two threads instead? Also, locking all threads liberally would be really aggravating and I feel it may lead for some users - including myself - to leave if done too liberally. It may also move spammers to other threads and spam them.
2. Removal of signature campaigns will also force users to leave. Then there'd be a forum of scammers, account farmers and traders.

the main reason for account farmers are sig campaigns.

scammers are everywhere it is not exclusive to this forum.

well traders are as much part of bitcoin as tech nerds are.

overall i have to say i dont bother much about sig campaigns per se - it is just the stupid shit people are spamming to get their counts up for the campaign.
just somehow get the campaign managers in line if needed with hard punishment like a temporary ban of the sig campaign and stuff.

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Ps:
@hilariousacando

why is the one half of your last bitcoin green instead of purple?

Because hilariousandco is a moderator!
Signature campaigns are sometimes good, I don't spam from mine and nor do many members.
The concentration of scammers and traders would increase and make less diverse conversation.

There is currently a staff discussion on what can be done about this issue.