Sticky or a child board. merit should stay and not be experimental. lol I have no obligations, no responsibilities, yet I'm frustrated and annoyed, when I find a topic to post in, by the time I have finished the post I could see a few pages of new posts in 20-30 minutes were submitted.
After a few months, we'll know that, merit is not enough. it has improved the overall situation, but not enough. taxes are making up 45% of my country's income. people are posting here with 5-50 accounts as full time job. they don't care if what they're doing could put them out of their jobs.

Two solutions, removing signatures globally, or charging a fee per post for anybody with paid or unpaid signatures.