I know at least three sections whose regulars are those who do not care about the sig campaign, and there are at least 200 people like that.

It'd definitely disincentivize some, but obviously exist. It existed long before signature campaigns became a thing. [...]
I would not say so ... since the sig campaigns originate almost from the moment the forum was founded
(the first mention was literally 3 months after Satoshi published his last message). Since then, not much has changed, and as has already been said a couple of years ago, sig campaigns remain an important part of the forum ecosystem, even though this kind of advertising is terribly annoying for theymos, and until a counterbalance is introduced, he will continue get annoyed every time he think about sig campaigns
Yo, who wants to advertise in my signature space? I have insane posting rate, and I am the top forum poster. You guys got 7 days when this thread post was made to become the highest bidder and my new customer for one long month.
So how about it?
Bid: 5 BTC. Vladmir.