From my perspective as a campaign manager for years now, I think quite a lot has changed around here as far as Signature campaigns are concerned. We have had multiple accounts banned, Multiple accounts receive signature bans, the merit system has been introduced making it harder for shitposters to rank up, as well as tons of posts are reported every week and deleted or threads archived/deleted.

I can remember a year or so ago, when I would launch a campaign for a company, there would be 10 pages of applicants of all ranks within a couple hours of launching the thread. I could fill 100 spots in less than 24 hours easy. Not too mention I could fill 100 spots in multiple new campaigns in a week.

Now, I can barely fill 25-50 spots in 1 new campaign. I almost always have an open spot for member ranks and most of the time full members.

So IMO the system we have has been working and there are less users creating the shitstorm on the forum then there were before.

Now on to your rate suggestion. It will NOT work period. Not every company just starting up has a 10btc bankroll for campaigns. Look at all the campaigns. Look at the number of users allowed into each campaign. When us managers are contacted we find out how many weeks the company is interested in running their campaign, and how much of a weekly budget they want to commit to the campaign.

Yes, we give our input and try to get the rates as good as we can, but ultimately it depends on the company and their budget. Some companies have a big budget, some don't. Go and tell Pepsi they have to match Coke's weekly budget and see what answer they give you.

I have lowered the minimum weekly post count to 20 posts in most campaigns depending on the payrate, but at the same time companies want as much bang for their buck as they can get. They're not gonna pay someone 100$ a day to make posts on a forum if they see no results coming from it. So i'd say if you guys want the rates to go up, then do something to help that happen. Bitching about it is not the way to go about it.

Companies need sign ups, companies want users asking questions in their threads engaging in conversation about their website/service. Companies do not just want users wearing an advertisement and posting trash in their thread. Research the site that hired you and show a general interest in the company buying your food that week IMO.

Just my opinion