* Is there a way the admin can turn thread to a self- moderated thread and hand it over to another OP who is ready to moderate the thread? I will volunteer I spend 90% of my time there.
I don't know it's possible or not but it's not going to be happened for sure. Admin won't do that.
Users who already have posted in that thread have posted because they know the thread is not self moderated. They may not post in a self moderated thread. This is just a possible scene.
Your goal is honest but think about the possibilities. It's possible that you will not allow some users to post in your thread just because of your ego. Once again, possibility only.
Will a neutral tag with a bold message to these users be sufficient to send a signal to sig managers? Too harsh?
I don’t think you should use the trust system here. A neutral would be fine but I would leave that for campaign manager. I have seen some tag on users for low quality post but they are very old tag. Haven’t seen recently.
Regarding the issue,
There's no doubt that gambling board is full of spammer. I remember when I wanted to have some gambler on Thunderpick signature campaign, it was hard to decide if they were really gamblers or not. By judging their post, I thought they don't gamble but they pretend to be gambler lol.