I don't think that number of participants is always increasing visibility of specific signature campaigns, it all depends where and how members write their posts.
By means of visibility, Does the view on the thread which the post of signature campaign participants being considered? Because there’s a chance that this high volume of participants is just posting on mega threads which doesn’t viewed most of the time of other user because the replies is already TLDR.
I kind of agree with Eternad. I guess visibility shouldn't immediately be equated with the number of posts per week or the number of participants. There are other factors for a post, and therefore the signature, to be more visible than another.
I don't think that many people click on random signatures anyways. Perhaps only on those from high-quality members that are instantly recognizable.
I want to seriously contribute on this before a make first mega update on the OP. The issue of visibility and the quality of the user wearing the signature. I have these to say;
- There is a clear difference between visibility(the ability to be seen) and engagement. In this thread, the emphasis is on visibility. This simply means that randomly chosen non reputable 5 Snr members who make 50 posts each per week, will give the company more visibility than LoyceV, Royse777 and Trofo if they each make 20 posts per week
- Then there is a matter of engagement. If a newbie joins the forum and wants to sign up to a project through the signature, the newbie will likely click the signature of the randomly chosen non reputation 5 Snr members because they are more rampant. Then, someone who has been in this forum for upto 1 year will in no doubt click the signature LoyceV wears because of the quality and reputation he carries. For instance, I visited Coinsloty through LoyceV's signature.
- Another issue to determine is the case of the location of a billboard and not the material holding the billboard. A bill board placed in a T-junction will have more visibility than a bill board placed in a lonely road. The question is which boards in the forum are the T-junctions and which ones are the lonely roads?