Getting a thread of users who write just to meet the quota of the signature they are enrolled in might be a very difficult job and when compared to the usefulness of such information, you will simply come to the conclusion that it is a waste of time. You can't possibly use such information for anything other than put those users in your ignored list because even if you report them to the campaign managers, you will indirectly be saying that the managers are not doing their job well, which is totally wrong because campaign management job in this forum is highly competitive and to survive as a manager, it means you are doing extremely well in bringing value to the company whose signature you manage. What you can simply do is to report any post you found to be spam to the moderators.
Yes indeed, I realise that.
Almost all posters on this forum posting on threads that are more than two pages long are doing that. Not all of them but almost all of them.
Well the phenomenon I am referring to is not the one you mention (or not only the one you mention).
Let me share an example post:
If it's a commercial project devs will be paid because they're like employees. If it's a small team making the project they won't have fixed salary. There's going to be donations buttons & donations links so devs can receive money from ppl who appreciate their work.
Unless the open-source product is produced by a company that has a relatively steady cash flow and a fixed amount of employees, then getting a salary isn't guaranteed. In fact, it's the opposite!
Are there open-source products produced by companies that pay their devs? Of course! And you can also contribute in these products, but if you 're not in their payroll, you will not get a salary.
I am sure there is no difference at all from what I said, is there?
I won't let this thread live for too long, if I have the time and interest I will create another one some day, in order to actually write down a list of people who do this.