Quote from: DaveF on January 15, 2023, 05:04:33 AM

Quote from: Ultegra134 on January 14, 2023, 08:54:35 PM

Quote from: LoyceV on January 14, 2023, 07:47:21 AM

My guess: he's trying to earn that one Merit needed for a Jr. Member signature for bounty spam.

Wasn't aware that there are bounty campaigns in the altcoin section have such low requirements.

Perhaps we are looking at it the wrong way. Ban the campaign managers and the projects that hire them if they use people who are using spam bots and give everyone in the campaign a warning that they were working with spammers. After a certain number of warnings you would get a ban. Would that be too harsh?

Seriously, I use the altcoin section for a few things and would not be put at all if it went away, so it might be a harsh point of view, but to me it looks like most of the bounty campaigns are a lot crappier then they used to be.

-Dave

Well, it does sound a little harsh, but it depends on how you see things. In general, the most spam and gibberish posts stem from the 1xbit signature campaign (apart from the altcoin section, which you mentioned), and despite the efforts of plenty of users who reported a large number of their posts, the issue remains. Two sections that are filled to the brim with such posts are the gambling and altcoin sections, in which I hardly ever participate; thus, I can't have a comprehensive reason for the spam, but in my opinion, the gambling requirements that campaign managers put in are one of the possible causes. The altcoin section, on the other hand, is filled with bounty campaigns that are attracting newer users or those who are unable to enter the most reputed ones.