Where can I find the stats on the number of active users? The stats on
https://ninjastic.space regarding the number of posts per month show that we are significantly higher than we were a year ago.
In my opinion, the best source for this information is @LoyceV
Active users, top posters and most active topics in the past 1h, 24h and 7d. Statistics for the last 7 days say that we had a total of 6663 active users, but of that 1576 Brand new, and 2684 Newbie. It would be interesting to compare this data with years ago, but my subjective impression is that we have a lot less active users than before
Still, if good users are leaving or not signing up to the forum because of the spam issue, then giving spammers free reign to spam isn't exactly going to help the issue.
I doubt that's why people leave, although for some the forum is probably not as interesting as before, not only because of the quality, but also because it may no longer be profitable for them unlike before.
I've said this before, but this is not a solution. Many of the spammer accounts in the Press board are owned, operated, employed or paid by various crypto "news" sites such as CoinIdol or CoinTelegraph. As long as they can get their links in to each post, then they don't care about having a signature.
You may be right, but at least we would take away their ability to earn double (from links and signature campaigns).