I don't really get the whole paid review business, maybe that's my problem.
I don't either, and it's the "paid" part of it that makes me think it's sketchy. While I would feel obligated to give an honest review if I were paid to do so, 1) there still be bias in my mind after getting paid, and 2) there's no way for anyone else to know if I was being objective and not just writing a puff review because I was paid. Those are the reasons why I wouldn't do a paid review, and in this
particular case I also am not a gambler and wouldn't even know what I was doing.
Whether or not you have done the research, promoting a product in your signature is an endorsement of that product, and your reputation is influenced by the legitimacy of the campaign.
I respect your opinion, though I don't agree with it 100%. I don't personally endorse any of the services I've used my signature space to advertise for, and in fact in all of the sig campaigns I've been in (with the exception of Yobit), I've never used those services myself. I think of it like a TV station, where they rent advertising spots to businesses but don't necessarily endorse those businesses. On the other hand, I would not join or continue to be in a sig campaign if the place I'm advertising for has been proven to be a scam. In that case, it would be wrong to continue renting my sig space for that business because not only might people be sucked into that scam via my advertising, but it could potentially damage my reputation as well.
There has been some argument that people shouldn't be promoting gambling here, but I'm not sure if that's just because some DT members are doing it and it fits nicely into some folks' anti-DT campaign or whether people really think gambling is harmful. I'm of the opinion that it's
potentially harmful, as are many things and that advertising for online casinos isn't immoral. Anyway.