Even though the thread is kind of old, I want to share a few thoughts.
I have been here for around 2.5 months now - unfortunately its a fact that - especially when it comes to down to signature campaign stuff etc - people act like they were god - NO, this is no hate against any campaign manager for not letting me in or so - I dont care at all... Its just the attitude of many of these guys... If you just read through many of those posts... its obvious what I am saying, arrogant behaviour. And what for? $10 a week? $20? Wow... Lord of the ***
On the other side I do agree that there are tons of bot-like person here who are flooding the forum with spam - actually I have complained several times about this myself! And they are pissing me off as well.
I am happy to say that in the German forums everything is great though - the guys, no matter what rank, are extremely helpful and friendly! Thanks for that if any of you is reading this!
@OP Great thread!
Some of those signature campaign managers do end up having to filter through a lot of bullshit, but it is likely NOT good to get too personally offended by it. You are correct that the incentives to join are not going to be too much, but if the signature campaign is paying in bitcoin, and the participant is just continuing to hold his payout, the amount of dollar value can really add up in the future, which will definitely inspire some folks to participate, especially from low income locations.
Pretty much I stopped participating in signature campaigns in early 2018 because I just did not want the ongoing hassle. I had acquired more than 3 bitcoins in about 2 years from the ones that I was in.. but still, when the BTC price went shooting up, I just began to think that my BTC holdings were way more valuable than trying to chase after more.. so that is kind of a personal choice based on circumstances.
Regarding your other points, there are a lot of good members and helpful threads if you participate long enough then you will see it. Sometimes it takes a few years to get known by other members, which does help if you frequent certain threads and attempt to interact by not just receiving but providing help to other members from time to time too.. which might not be any skin off your back if you are just sharing your experiences and opinions and writing out your experiential based thoughts.