The current state of the Gambling forum is absolutely pathetic. I could give literally thousands of examples but a clear one is the topic "
Can gambling be profitable in long term?". It has 31 pages of replies - currently
614 (!!) replies. There should be
literally 1 reply:
No, gambling is generally not profitable in the long term. There are a few exemptions:
1) The casino gives you a positive edge (very unlikely since casino gives away free money this way - so only possible with short term bonus/promo.)
2) You cheat, like counting cards at blackjack.
3) It is a game where actual skill is involved (generally a game against other players), for example poker. Since there is still luck involved you need proper bankroll management to be still profitable against any variance in the long term.
I don't see how there can be any need of any other reply after an answer like that. There are simply no more answers, that is THE answer. The answer is not an opinion, it is a fact. Still the signature campaign spammers manage to make
614 replies (and counting.) That is just really, really
insane. Basically all replies in there are the same, formulated in a slightly different way. That is 100% spam. But yeh... I wouldn't even know how to start reporting those? Would I need to report all ~600 "duplicate" replies? Equally I think it would be very difficult for moderators to start removing those replies without some clear rules about it.
I do not know what the best solution is. Banning everyone who makes a "repeating reply"? Well it can happen by mistake sometimes. Banning all signature campaigns? I don't know, in theory I like the way of earning some bits while posting. But it is really a problem that seems to be getting worse and worse.
PS, to at least get a high quality overview of topics again, I like to link to "
Is it possible to separate businesses and gambling discussion". That is slightly related, although it would not solve this problem (would "solve" the topics, not the replies.)
PS2, the fact that other forums are "worse" does not mean that this isn't a problem in "Gambling" too. The difference would actually be that "Gambling" used to be fairly high quality posts and "Games and Rounds" replies were always shit. Also people don't really look at the replies in "Games and Rounds" forum so I personally don't mind the spam there that much compared to "Gambling" forum.