Quote from: dkbit98 on Today at 05:43:04 PM

Maybe you noticed that one member was recently kicked out of signature campaign because he edited his posts and made big changes in them before week ending.

That was a very different case. That person was basically posting a reserved message and then editing it days later to make it look cosmetically long and useful. People who do that bring no real value to their campaign because most of the time the post has already dropped to the back pages by then.

Quote from: dkbit98 on Today at 05:43:04 PM

Nobody should not be forced to delete, copy-paste and edit their posts all the time if they want to bump the topic for some reason.
In my opinion this is not breaking any forum rules, but I would like to hear opinion of theymos and other moderators ^{(except mprep)}.

That depends on the message and the context. In the boards I moderate, some users do this purely for bumping purposes. For example, when a new product is added to their catalog and they already have the last post, they delete it and repost with the new product announcement included to bump the thread again.

Post merge is not an option for Patrollers like me. While every case should be evaluated individually, if it were up to me I wouldn't bother too much with merging older posts. After what Mprep said in this message I think the issue is resolved.

Quote from: philipma1957 on Today at 10:02:03 PM

of course it is more work for managers.

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Your campaign manager should count the messages you posted in the last week. Deleted messages from previous weeks shouldn't affect your earnings for that specific week. If the campaign manager is undercounting, it means they're not doing their job properly (unless your agreement specifically states something like "there must be exactly 49000 posts when you start the week and 48990 is unacceptable" then such a strict post count requirement likely doesn't apply). They are paid to do this, it doesn't put extra workload on them. It shouldn't even be a big deal for them.