I wasn't thinking like that. In fact last week I made well over the maximum amount of posts that I can get paid for, and I did that because I enjoy posting here. And I didn't find out about bitcointalk from a friend who was in a campaign, like so many people here apparently do. I found out about them after I joined and didn't join one for months after I registered. A lot of the garbage posters probably thought that way, because all they care about is ranking up and getting paid, so they'll jump on any topic dealing with those issues. Not everyone, though.
What we have here is an attempt to earn merit by appearing to bash shitposters. It's transparent. I have OP on ignore, but I had to see what this thread was all about.
It seems there's now guides on Steemit and similar websites advertising the fact that you can earn by joining a signature campaign. So it's probably not even their friends but, the guides that they are searching up.
Also in relation to this topic looking for merit we are seeing this behavior from many new members. They usually post a new thread because they know they are more likely to get more views and merit that way.