Quote from: Don Pedro Dinero on June 24, 2018, 10:14:16 AM

Thinking about this post, Ive just thought about @The Pharmacist. I suppose we all agree that he is a very good/exceptional forum member. He says that he holds no bitcoin because he has to spend what he earns here to cover his living expenses. That means when he is posting here he does so for the money that he needs, and I dont see anything wrong with it.

Not my living expenses, per se, but it's a nice supplement to my job. If I have to rely on signature campaigns in order to live, I'm screwed.

I had a problem with signature campaigns when I first joined the forum because I saw they were the motivating factor behind the huge shitposting problem. That was in early 2015 and I'm sure the problem had been going on for several years previous to that. Since that time I've come to believe that there's nothing inherently wrong with being in a campaign, because you can still write very interesting posts and get paid for them.

The problem is that if you live in a 3rd world country, these campaigns pay a lot, and they've attracted people from all over the world--including those who are the least qualified to get paid for any sort of writing job. A lot of people hear about bitcointalk from friends and family and then come here and "join bitcoin" without having anything interesting to say, not just about bitcoin, but about anything.

OP doesn't sound like he's a typical shitposter, but it's his choice whether he wants to leave the forum. I'd be interested to know the story of how he lost his original account.