I'm also a PD user so I feel somehow that you are also indirectly talking to me
What do you consider spamming? Do you for instance think I am a spammer, if you have a look at my prior posts?
PD also pays only out for constructive posts.I really doubt PD is looking at every post of every person... actually I'm sure they're not, as that would be a full time job and they could just post themselves instead. Paid signatures that pay per post encourage spam.
Thanks for styling limitations theymos. Now I can Unignore most of the PD spammers.
The real problem is spamming, because of pay-per-post signatures. We should do something about it. I see a lot of people try to write +1000 posts in a month, so spam is inevitable. You don't have to write every thread you read.
You still can't argue with it being unfair towards the people who don't spam.
Changing signatures only damages the community, banning spammers helps it.
Also as stated above, the main advertising sites like primedice only pay for -constructive- posts.
It's in their interest to not pay out for spam as it gives their service a bad name.
How does changing signatures damage the community? If the only reason your posting here is to get money, then you really don't belong here.
I nowhere imply that it's the sole reason I'm using the forum, and I know a lot of other people don't that are advertisers don't either.
But knowing there's a slight reward for contributing increases the incentive of making good posts.
Spammers will exist with or without these signatures, for the simple fact that they're not getting paid anyways.
Nothing changes, spammers didn't get paid before signature changes, and they won't get paid afterwards. The only thing that changes is that the non spammers won't get paid either, which -will- lead to less good posts being made.
It somehow feels like you might as well be telling your employees at work "We're removing all salaries because we've a few people here that slack and don't work during the day. I know this will affect the ones that actually are working and contributing, but then again, if you're only here to make money, perhaps you should look for another job." Rather than "We're going to fire the people at our company who we have found are in fact not working during the days".
That's a comparison of changing the signatures to banning spammers.
