Quote from: hilariousetc on August 16, 2018, 03:55:06 PM

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I surf on interesting topics sometimes, but it is drowned among all the other topics, and in the topic itself there are more posts to be put in the trash than posts that participate in a normal discussion the forum made me become anti-ICO anti-altcoin. (I follow the thread about Zencash and it's the only one I am interested in. I refuse to read anything else there.)

So, I suggested (as your OP) a few times to make a membership to pay to be allowed to use the signature space. (I don't know something like $xxx per year) And I am sure a lot of members would agree to pay it
And to allow ICOs to post about their ~~crap~~ project only after paying a fee it would be a fee that worth to pay honestly, and I am sure they won't have any problem with paying a fee.
And finally, to distribute a bunch of warnings to the campaign managers. They are also concerned. I don't know very well the sig campaigns but for sure they don't really care about the quality of the participants. Surely some campaigns will reply, "I have no time to check xxx participants". Then if they are not able to provide a job correctly done they shouldn't accept it.
I am currently participating in a campaign managed by Darkstar, this is the most strict campaign I've ever seen. (I'm not licking testicles here, I prefer a good pussy btw) and before it, I participated in Bitmixer which was managed by Lauda if I remember and it was also one with strict rules.
I say strict rules but if you are a normal user, there is nothing strict in. Just to say I would be happy to see all campaigns managed this way

I then started to think Theymos doesn't want to change something around thinking it's good that the members can earn some bucks freely using the forum. It's honorable and I would be a hypocrite to say no because I am one of the members using my signature space and earning extra cash, I am happy but I am not interested to post all kinds of nonsense. People tend to forgot Bitcointalk is a discussion board and not the job center. For the sake of my brain, I will be happy to see something done.

The donator rank shouldn't be created to give more benefits. I mean members should donate because they want to donate to the forum not because there is something coming with. I bought the Copper membership not to be able to post images (since I already could) but to make a donation indirectly. Like I participate in the forum life as I can.

I think it's crazy to get there, trying to find a solution to something that shouldn't exist. It's the very first forum I am a member of that need to find such solutions to fight the spams. I will be happy to see more restrictions on Bitcointalk (even if it restricts me for something btw)

An advertisement slot like you posted in the image is fine and not intrusive at all, and advertisers could get a good CTR at the end, a better ROI, and so an advertiser coming back then..