The question we all should still be asking ourself is on how well we are going to remain committed to the forum even without having signature campaigns to participate in, there is nothing bad in it when we already have a large number of people who truly depends on the signature campaigns for their survival because of poor economy and the likes, but also remember that it was something most of them have been used to before hearing bout bitcoin or this forum, but whichever way, we should know that life goes on and people will always come here and go no matter what.
The forum will not die because no more signature campaigns are allowed here. It will return to what it was before signature campaigns appeared here years ago.
In 2017, because of Bitcoin bull run and ICO waves, the forum was flooded with spammers and theymos considered many options before he decided to launch the merit system.
One of options is shut down the signature campaign industry globally.
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What are everyone's ideas for improving post quality?
I have mostly ruled out:
- Removing signatures or sig ads globally.
- Requiring payment to wear sig ads.
- Banning account sales.