Signature campaigns have brought some spammers, but that has brought many new users and made this forum as good place to advertise
Don't make me laugh, because that is pure nonsense right there.
See you have to look the other way! bitcoin was technology which had a currency value at the beginning, but now it is currency based on technology. So this is the way it would go, I don't justify that this is correct but personally I
'd love to say bitcoin is money rather technologyThis is an example of semantic quibbling. Money is a concept which is made into this world by means of technology (metalworking in case of gold and cryptography in case of bitcoins). In fact, specific technology is secondary (papermaking itself doesn't make paper into money). Though I basically agree that signature campaigns greatly contribute to the popularity of this forum, despite all their drawbacks and flaws...
The negative consequences of which (such as excessive spamming) could still be alleviated if properly taken care of
I think we need more good mods to tackle this spamming problem.