Topic: Just remove signatures already. As in delete, disable, gone. - page 2. (Read 44870 times)

So you are saying that people in third worlds don't have a right to benefit from Bitcoin? I remember reading some stories about how some guys that were unfortunate to be born in some of these shitholes were making more money thought signature campaigns than they did working a real job (where they are exploited for peanuts). Isn't this beautiful? Bitcoin is liberating people, this should be celebrated in any case.

Anyway, I live in a first world country, and unemployment is only getting worse. Getting some extra bucks a week is greatly appreciated. Removing sig campaigns would be removing an actual use case of Bitcoin that directly benefits real people (both the people getting paid and the people improving traffic into their websites by promoting it through them, not to mention the website itself benefits as traffic is way higher and it ranks better).
I would also stop buying stuff with Bitcoin because I only buy stuff If I get paid with it, buying Bitcoin then buying something with it makes no sense.

If you want to be elitist, maybe you could disable signatures in a specific new subforum called "technical talk" or something, where it's impossible to get paid if you post there, filtering any possible spam. Other than that, doing this with the entire forum is a mistake.
If someone spams, mods see it and ban them already, so this is really a non issue. If the colorful banners offend your eyes, it's also a non issue since disabling ads will be possible soon for Hero+. I personally tried a script when I wasn't in a sig campaign to disable all signatures and the forum looked extremely sameish. My eyes have become used at posts being separated by banners at this point.

Sweet

Just another activity period to go for that option to be available 

There is a script which allows you to disable signatures in this forum. You wont have any issues after enabling it. But I personally don't mind the signatures, they're not putting a gun against my head..

taken from the weekly auction thread:

ie, senior members do not have the ability to disable ads.

You don't have this selection box?

No, the reality here is threads started simply for post count and replied to endlessly for the same reason. This spam drowns out and makes difficult to find any original worthwhile content.
IRL, if you were in a group of people and one made a statement or asked a question, would everyone else reply with the same short answer phrased slightly differently, for hours and hours afterward?
No, exactly, it's not a contest.
If people don't have anything original to say they should just STFU. But they don't, because they don't get paid for that.

He asked for a way to 'ignore' the ads here, so I told him. I know what the problem is, and that it isn't the ads.

The issue is not the ads....the issue has always been the useless posts. Ignoring the ads does not help with the spam has always been the issue. Look at any thread here and you will see 10 people all post the same answers just worded slightly different.

There's a place in your settings that you can choose to ignore ads if you so desire.
Profile->Forum Profile Information->Disable Ads.

The forum will survive quite easily without signature campaigns, just with less traffic, but the forum ads don't generate thousands of spammy posts so why would they be disabled.

That is what I thought. Without advertisement, this forum cannot survive. I also see the gambling ads on this first page of every topic, should that be disabled?

Sig campaigns shouldn't be disabled. It generates a lot of traffic and comments to this site. If your only argument is post quality then please go and post on another bitcoin forum.

You are rich and there's people less fortunate than you. Please consider them as well.

I have just removed my signature campaign. All I have to say is that most people posting in signature campaigns are either people living in third-world countries or people who find way to abuse the signature campaign. Sig campaigns greatly reduce the quality of this forum with people who only post for the Bitcoins, even if it is not much. It leaves us skilled computer users dealing with a ton of spam. What I found is there is a lot of programming and many other gigs available on this forum and those living in third-world nations should get more skilled

Technically we don't either; we don't have to do almost anything. However, I think the best way to remove this problem is by tackling its root (they don't have to be necessarily removed, guidelines/restrictions could be made).

No Lauda, I'm saying you disable the signature and you see what they write not that you ignore everyone!
I know for staff is different beacuse you have to read what people write, but I don't 

Technically moderation isn't a job, we get rewarded for our efforts. Not showing signatures does not help due to the fact that you still see their posts. Ignoring helps, but that would mean that I'd have to ignore almost all signature campaign participants. This is definitely not an efficient solution/workaround.

I would say go for the content, if that is shit then please feel free to ignore users. Yes, a lot of sig ad paid people write only to round up their gains but this forum lives out of it. Mods are paid to keep the forum clean by those who are accused of having created the "plague".

Once more please go for the content in the post.

Let's not be so naive because we're simply denying that advertising is everywhere. But ad-block was created as well: I use it and I would suggest everyone to use it.

Regarding our forum:

Go to Profile--> Look and Layout Preferences--> Don't show users' signatures

Done! Then read what they post, if they post crap, simply ignore them!

 

Signture campaigns are the main reasons people are on this forum. Also, some peoples should get rewarded for their good posts. If you remove them, it will ruin the forum for everyone.

They're never going to.