Quote from: romani245 on March 03, 2018, 12:49:21 AM

I think a bigger problem is the "minimum post" requirements that campaigns have. I think requiring a minimum of 25-30+ posts per week absolutely incentivizes spam. Managers like it because it makes post counting easier (no need to thoroughly check posts to determine exact number of qualifying posts). Advertisers like it because they are guaranteed a minimum number of spots that will likely be exceeded.

But the forum staff should dislike it because it turns people into spammers. I see otherwise good posters padding their post counts to reach their minimums all the time. If it were me, and I already made 25 good posts but was 5 short of my minimum with a deadline approaching? I would churn out some crap to make sure I got paid. I wouldn't do that in a pay-per-post campaign because struggling to produce shitty content isn't worth upping my pay 17%. It is worth it if I lose 100% of my pay for not reaching the minimum.

It creates a situation where the problem is not only spammers, but the fact that most campaign managers are exacerbating the problem rather than reigning it in. Props to Chipmixer, Coinroll, YOLOdice and others who aren't part of the problem.

I completely agree with you. I'd say we should implement another unwritten standard that outlaws signature campaigns from having a "minimum post" requirement and only adhere to pay-per-post standards, but then you're eliminating a lot of genuine companies who don't have budgets that are as high as the big dogs on the forums. I think it all comes down to the campaign managers. Maybe we could suggest having one overall campaign manager 'moderator', if you will, that all signature campaign managers have to check-in with before launching any kind of signature campaign here? This would essentially create less work than having a bunch of moderators try to control signature campaign requirements, but it also mean that another paid moderator position needs to be introduced to the staff roster.

Maybe it would be worth it, however, to help eliminate the onslaught of shitposting campaigns that are introduced on a daily basis, though... Just a thought.