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I don't seem to agree with you on this. This is pure advertisement that is understood in the cooperate world. There is always a disclaimer that goes with every product and services and that exonerate the promoters of such products and services as their job is limited to creating the awareness/publicity with the burden of authentication and verification on the targeted users and the regulators.
As much as you have a valid point when it comes to cooperate marketing and the alike, unfortunately the only reason these disclaimers are put out there is for all to see and to protect themselves from any legal battles that can come from consumers after use & something goes wrong.. which is different when compared to our crypto products and services as self awareness of crypto products is advised via DYOR, besides they say ignorance is no excuse.
Well, I do not really see much divergence between what I said with your position on this matter because the sometimes-unwritten DYOR caveat of the crypto space is akin to the various disclaimers in conventional advertisements.
Therefore, signature campaigns are no exception because they are also advertisement.
In the real world disclaimers are used to protect a company directly using its products to convey the message,but with our model of signatures, each user acts an an independent agency contracted to be engaged in the marketing side of a business...tbh there is a difference between the two.
I understand the difference quite well and there is no denying the fact that it is not logical to punish those who wear signature of a company that turn out to be scam in the future. I have seen posts of one or two casinos accused of scam in the gambling section. Those were companies that ran signature campaigns and were promoted by users of this forum. Will it be fine to punish the users that wore the signature of those companies? Your guess is as good as mine.
Nevertheless, this does not mean I am suggesting we become complacent in choosing the products and services to promote. Even human conscience requires we also do well to check the authenticity of what we promote for the sake of our reputation and general good of the public.