You often see a signature thread being bumped with a post from the bounty manager saying that payment for the week has been made. Immediately below that some members who see that the thread got bumped write their application, thinking that new spots are open.
I think such members are mostly shitposters who don't read the thread but blindly post something and should be added to the ignore/spammers list of the campaign managers.
Another example. A signature campaign has open spots but doesn't announce in the title which rank the spots are open for.
[OPEN] ... Signature Campaign... Up to xxx BTC/week
[OPEN] ... Signature Campaign Up to xxx BTC/week!
I too have seen such instances rarely in some long-running campaigns and the managers could have updated the OP, but in my experience, the one or two slots that open up will be filled in a day or two. So I don't think this should be made as a necessity/standard rule.
What comes after that are pages of applications including many ranks who aren't even accepted. For example, the bounty manager is looking for a Hero member and there are multiple applications by Full and Sr. Members.
Of course, this can't be controlled due to the fact that members refuse to read the info properly before submitting their applications, but I think it can be reduced.
By having a standard where the bounty manager changes the subject of his thread to highlight which ranks of members the spots are open for.
A recent good example of that is the following:
... Signature Campaign(1 Sr member spot open)
As said earlier, such members who post without reading should eventually be ignored and there shouldn't be a mandate to make a topic title. I think the guidelines listed in
the pinned thread suffices.