Let’s change that to say 25 merits in 120 days, and I believe the amount of signature spam will drop by at least 30% - 50%.
I could get behind that 100%--but unfortunately I'm not a campaign manager or the owner of one. And as mentioned, the problem is that those slots have to be filled. Even with all the applicants that campaigns and bounties get, a lot of the best posters on the forum are already in campaigns and I'd say
most of the applicants are typical shitposters, so there's not a lot to differentiate between them.
.. signature/bounty campaigns are completely banned at some point - which is an option that is on the table.