Maybe most legendaries picked up how cryptocurrencies work in their time here, but I'm sure that there are legendaries that either
a) just posted random crap in off-topic or "what do you do with bitcoin" type threads or
b) bought the account and don't know the difference between a block and a bitcoin, but are adept that barely passing the post rules and sweeping in the money every week.
yeah. up until recently legendary members would've signed up in 2012 or before when getting into this needed serious research. now there are legends who signed up in 2013/14 and being here for long enough don't automatically make you a crypto god.
but it's about as good an indicator that you won't end up paying a total moron as there is. or maybe a campaign owner could set a quiz. there are way less of them so at least they're easier to keep on a tight leash.
If sig campaigns were restricted to legend only, I dunno what it would do to account values. most newbies couldn't afford what they'd cost and roi would be uneconomic. I guess it would clear up most the issues.
Very reasonable comment from you, I agree with it.
For the time being newbies up to full member should not be allowed to wear a paid sig (especially if they don't speak english) and there should be serious restrictions for other members.
So being paid will not be considered as bad as it is today and post quality could be enhanced once more.
I also like the idea of a minimum rank rule in order to enter signature campaigns. If you up the level requirement to be at least senior member before you can join a signature campaign, then it's much easier to keep track of those who are still spamming and filling the forum with broken English clutter that doesn't make any sense. Signature campaigns are nice for people to earn some bits and to spend them again. I don't want to see them be gone because of some rookies looking to earn dust. Till this day it still amazes me that people don't come to sense that if you get paid for posting, that you at least deliver a decent post in good English. Also, look at Yobit, they allow you to make 20 posts per day, and yes, there are a lot people racing to reach this daily 20 posts. 7 days x 20 posts = 140 posts per week, x 4 weeks = 560 posts per month! If they somehow lower their maximum posts to just 10 per day instead of 20, then it will also drastically decrease the amount of spam since people don't have to come up with nonsense in order to reach 20 daily posts.