Something needs to be done about the issues regarding bounties, and the Altcoin section in general. Although, I'm not sure what the best solution is, and none of the effective ways are without restrictions. But, something does needs to happen.

These are just some of the solutions which have been brought up:

- Additional moderators
Taking into consideration of theymos' post he doesn't really know that many users that he would consider appropriate for the job, and trustworthy. Even, if he had a few in mind I don't that this would be that effective considering the amount of spam over there, and how many bounties there are.

- Prevent certain ranks bumping the topic
This could be a option to remove the bumping bots, and bumping services issues that we are currently having. Most of the bumping is done by Newbies, and Jr members. There's a few that have higher ranked accounts, but it would be severely limited if we did impose bumping restrictions on certain ranks. This could maybe be limited to certain sections, and wouldn't be site wide.

- Disable signatures
Whether this is for everyone, behind a paywall or certain members aren't allowed to wear one. This wouldn't get rid of merit beggars, and would actually make it worse. I'm not sure if this is the right approach, and whether it would solve anything. At the end of the day you'll still have people attempting to get merit, and spamming in order to do that. Putting it behind a paywall could work. But, if bounties are promising high returns then they'll likely be willing to invest in a one time fee for a signature.

There's several other ideas, but those are the ones that I can remember right now. All of them involve putting restrictions somewhere, and I'm normally against imposing restrictions until the very last resort. However, I don't believe there's any other option. Things need to start happening, because I'm personally sick of the spam now, and I'm sure the majority of the forum is. Another extreme measure which was suggested was to remove the altcoin/bounty section altogether. but I'm personally not a fan of that approach.

I think I've probably been pissing off mprep with sending reports their way, and any other moderator that has to deal with them. The reports normally get dealt within a few hours so I'm not sure if they are understaffed or whether there just needs to be more users reporting. But, what I do know is that it's currently not working.