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Ok, Signature Campaigners, this one is for you - how much is the fact that you can get paid in bitcoin for posting on this forum the biggest factor that keeps you involved in bitcoin?

"Free" money, right? (almost...we do give up our time.) I can earn some bitcoin without having to risk my own money, right? What have I got to lose?

How many of you have thought these sentiments and can honestly admit that if this opportunity for earning didn't exist you would not care about bitcoin?

Remember, the poll is anonymous...

well even if there is no signature campaign i still care about bitcoin, there are other ways or opportunities to earn bitcoins here aside from the signature campaign.

Yes, i would still care for bitcoin, and i'd probably post just as much as i do right now... Honestly...
I do have to admit it's nice to get a couple satoshi's to do what i like doing ;D

Yes, I'd still care. I would probably have spent less time on the forum though in pursuit of other avenues of Bitcoin community and information, if that's what you want to hear. What I make off sig campaigns is less important to me now as I have a job now (not the case a while ago), so I post less now but I still continue to read the forums everyday.

signature has more to do with getting involved in this forum and not in bitcoin, in fact i'm not dumping almost anything(emergencies only) until i can use my coins directly

i admit that i would post much less without the signature, but after all i'm promoting a site, so it's normal to post more with a signature

all i care for now, is having more bitcoin which i not see as having more fiat

There are many other ways to make Bitcoin without a signature campaign. It's acctually hard work to post constructively and creatively, because you have to read through tons of previous posts and threads and

you have to research the subject on other sites... watch hours of video's and listen to Podcasts, before you post something. The signature campaign provides a income to many people or pay for the things people

cannot afford with their normal salary. It also provides tons of content for the forum, and a wide spectrum of views and opinions for the Bitcoin community.

I think some of the success of Bitcoin is directly linked to the success of these signature campaigns... How many startup businesses has grown from the targeted exposure they have received from this forum?

There are many people who campaign against signature campaigns, but I feel it's a big contributor to the success of both Bitcoin and this forum.  ;D

The bitcoin(s) I've received in signature campaigns are minimal compared to what I've bought myself so I'd absolutely care about bitcoin if signature campaigns were stopped. I check the price multiple times a day, I've educated myself on security to ensure my bitcoins are secure in offline cold storage. I actually enjoy being in a signature campaign, it's quite fun, gives me something to do when I'm bored. Sure I'd post less if I wasn't in a signature campaign but that's natural I guess.

this is just a matter, not affecting us to use bitcoin.
unless they are cheating of sign campaign, otherwise it is no use.
if you did not get paid of your sign campaign, and you qualified all of the rules, there would be no reason not to pay to what you just did.

This is definitely a unusual poll and is in the wrong section. I guess that a lot of people are posting just for the money.
I was posting here months before I joined my first campaign. A month or two after joining I had invested in a mining operation that turned out great (3 months before the spike). I would say that the signature campaigns did nothing other than increase my contributions towards other members and the forum itself.

My involvement with Bitcoin has no correlation with the campaign(s).

This. I see it more as a slight minimal bonus for doing what I was doing before. Reading up and posting some comments around the board. Why not get paid for it?

Compared to my other sources of bitcoin income, this is minimal.

I dont know, sign camp is my main income, I dont know the work aside in sign camp :(

I cared well before the sig campaigns arrived, I'll care after they're gone.
I've also lost more btc than i care to mention
so every little bit helps

besides, thanks to increasingly demanding posting requirements

I'm a Legendary!

(they're going to have to make higher ranks that have less to do with post count and activity soon)

 people won't believe us that we are legit, and people created campaign, but monopolising the others.
my signature is for others because i understand people could not promote his stuff easily by himself, rather than joining a sign campaign.

I haven't used BTCtalk for a while and I was wondering why almost everyone had an ad in their sig.

Yes, and even if signature campaigns doesn't pay us then it doesn't mean that its an end of earning bitcoins or it is the only way to earn bitcoins, so if it doesn't pay, I would still care about bitcoins, as I would go for some alternative ways of earning bitcoins, Say trading or mining and I would keep on earning bitcoins as there are many benefits attached with bitcoins.

I get paid such a small amount for posting at a fixed rate it is almost like I'm posting for free anyway. 0.035 a week is not life changing and if I never had the sig on I would still post the same the extra btc is just a bonus.

Look at my signature. Am not here for bitcoin earning. Am here to enlarge bitcoin community. I agree that most here is for sognature earning. A small portion is for enlarging bitcoin.

Pretty much most of ^this^. Bitcoin isn't really first and foremost about the money for me, it's the whole concept of it and its reasoning for creation/existence that interests me, and the fact it draws attention to the broken financial system like nothing except a crash does/has. I see it as a tool for ones freedom and sovereignty.

I see it as one of the most important inventions - at least in this century - and comparably in history too. Note I say 'one', not 'the', because no one can deny 'the wheel' or anesthetic. 

A sig campaign is just a nice addition for posting what I would already post anyway. I think it also depends on how you take the minimum or maximum  required/allowed posts though too. Either way, it might lead to many posts or too little. The one I'm with seems about right for my usual amounts of posts when I'm a member of a forum.

And besides... it'll pay for the Trezor I've already bought... which of course, has now gone down in price to $99. If only I'd waited a week or so >:(

I started with bitcoin way before sig ad. So, honestly, I don't care.
I have it down there, and I don't even look at it anymore.

Yes, it's a nice way to have some decimals. IT's working ok and I'm pretty fine with it.

But I know there are a lot of people in here that think that this is the forum's cancer.

Advertising is all around us and at least on the internet it can be blocked: even on this forum.

This is to say that for the moment I'll keep it.

It's too late for me doc 
I have become addicted to Bitcoin in a way that's incurable the concept and the money are far to attractive a proposition to go cold turkey on.
Money will be made just by being informed when something comes out

of coz I will still care about BTC, if there is no sign campaign here.

the only differences will be the no. of post I made here  :D

of course i would still care about bitcoin. participating in a sig campaign gives you an extra bonus for what you would do anyway. and that's posting.

The best answer..so honest, most of members here will start to stop posting and will only post when they want.

Of course I would still care about Bitcoin.

That being said, from a professional point of view, i'm not putting all of my eggs in the "Bitcoin basket", so to speak.

I get between $3 to $4 USD per week from signature campaigns, hardly something to write home about. It's just enough to pay for a Happy Meal at McDonald's for my kids once a week. I talk about Bitcoin and Crypto currencies, because I am hooked to the technology, and the signature campaign earnings is a extra bonus.

We <Bitcoiners> sound like freaks and nerds, and I can talk freely here about something I am seriously hooked on like a drug. I think my kids will suffer more, if they take the signature campaigns away. ^joke^

Signature campaigns help to fund beginner Bitcoiner's and also help them to learn more and keep them committed to
the cause. If this forum takes this away from them, they will move to other forums where it's allowed. If they are only here for the money, they will waste their time and they will eventually spam and get modded and banned.  :P

Not in a signature campaign. So far no one has taken me up on my offer in my signature... lol

I was in a signature campaign (unpaid) and I have continued to post more than ever so yeh I still care about bitcoin and bitcointalk.  8)

Honestly i didn't care about bitcoin, if sig. Campaigns didn't pay me :P and also i'll migrate to some alt coin. If btc doesn't worth much for me, will migrate to another coin. Because, there are more and more peoples here to take cake about btc. ::)


~Rude Boy :-*

Yes then also I will be willing to get bitcoins even there will not be any signature campaign present.

But then it would be boring to post on the forum.
Now we know that we are paid for posting so it's fun.

Yeah of course, only started recently doing signature campaigns.
I would reply slightly less I suppose. :)

so wait, you're telling me people are here ONLY because of signature campaigns?!

Well I was active in the forum before signature campaigns, and didn't join one for quite some time.
And even now that I have signature I don't really post much more than before (look at my post history). I try to post only when I can contribute some value to a thread.
The signature payment is nice but not high enough to make me write meaningless posts.

Onkel Paul

No it is not that way.
You can see from the poll that most of the people have said that yes we would care about Bitcoin.

But without signature campaign the daily posts here on the forum will be much less.

Well..... you're a hero member, for example, coinut pays you 0.0015BTC/post, max 80 posts/week = 0.48BTC/month (if my calculations are correct)...
You'll have to write 320 posts/month = 13-14 posts/day... to get 0.48BTC =~ $130 at this moment (preev rates).

For most of use EU and US members, that's not a lot, but i can imagine somebody from a less wealthy part of the world could make a nice income if he/she had 2-3 senior/hero/legendary accounts with optimized signature campaigns working 5-6 hours/day... I guess $300-$400/month would defenately be possible, i can imagine somebody in a thirth world country would be the village's richest guy by posting on this forum...

This is why i do like signature campaigns... More quality posts = more updates + more content... Google loves regular updates with unique content

So, in a way, signature campaigns make sure this forum stays on top in the google rankings for bitcoin keywords, thus spreading the bitcoin word  :)

It is, however, necesary to have good campaign rules, in order to keep the post quality relatively high...

maybe yes maybe no,,i do think so, i like signature campaign  :(

What is is signautre i am not know about it i am new in bitcoins
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Guys please help me hw to use bitcoins and what is bitcoin
I think it is best thing but i am no knowing anything.

signature campaign here : https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=615953.0
it like paid to post
you just need to apply for them to rent your signature spot.

Nicely put.  and sig ads don't pay much I agree.

For many of us who contribute useful information back into the community here I think getting paid a few satoshi is a nice reward.  compare it to youtube videos that people create and put up and get a portion of the banner ad revenue.  Ad sig payments ideally should be aligned with the quality of the content and the value of it to the forum community, but that of course is very subjective.

I don't think being rewarded for useful quality content is a 'cancer'.

I would still care for BTC , because i don't  Depend on Signature Campaign for bitcoins as Primary source ,rather i have my own ways , i trade and accept bitcoins as wage.
Moreover i think of Joining a fixed campaign so that i don't have to Spam here and i can concentrate on effective talks.
I have been in love with bitcoin since i joined here.

I was in Bitcoin long before I joined a signature campaign so obviously I do care about Bitcoin.
In fact I care about Bitcoin so much that I always try to find ways to add more to my small collection.
Signature campaigns aid me in my cause ;)

I posted for a year with no sig.  finally someone asked very insistently to please participate and I said sure give me a few bits, why not.  I know I look a bit less credible and some people might think I'm posting for the money, but I really don't care what they think.  but just for the record, I've always posted heavily.

I'll always be a bitcoiner even if bct died.

Yes I do care about the bitcoin.
And everyone here should also do.
But I never mind posting on the forum and getting paid.
If I will not be paid for posting, then my posts will be less but I will never stop it.

Even if Sig campaign is no existence, there are still a way for earn some Bitcoin, remember Bitcoin is a currency.
You can find a job with Bitcoin payment, sell goods and get paid Bitcoin, developing a Bitcoin project, but the best way easy way for earn Bitcoin with a pretty good rate is through sig campaign :D

Yes i would and I am caring about Bitcoin. Been into BTC since the costed $30. To bad i didn't had the balls to really get into back then  :-[ >:(

I only joined the signature campaign a week ago to gain som extra bits while I was posting, so awesome work by the campaign holders!

We have been here and interested in bitcoin way before signature campaigns were started, and we will be here no matter what.
I personally believe that campaigns didn't only bring bad things along, but have given people incentive to create more constructive posts as well.

cheers

Same sentiments here.
My sig has earned me about 1/1000 of my bitcoins.

I guess I just thought if i was posting here anyway, I might as well get something for it.
I probably post more rubbish like this response as a result tho. But then again, many argue it's better to be more involved. My jury is still out on that.

YES still interesting :)
i get bitcoin not only from sign campaign

going to this forum us for me to learn.
earning through signature campaign is just an added bonus on top of what i am going to learn from here

Even if I didn't have a sig campaign, I would still be on this forum, albeit posting less frequently. Still, there are many ways to get Bitcoin from this forum through providing services and selling things, so I wouldn't leave.

Probably yes. Signature isn't what is motivating me to use Bitcoin right now. But it is more of the unfreezable and irreversible payment. It helps a lot in digital transactions where there is no physical proof. Other than that, the fees is quite attractive too.

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Yeah, sure I would still be interested in Bitcoin.  The Signature Ad Campaigns help keep my experience here at bitcointalk more interesting, more tingly knowing that I am participating in a community.

And that I am advertising a service that I use and respect.  MIXING BTC helps keep them away from prying eyes.

I was wondering how many bitcoins here are getting paid for his/her signature?

it's about working on signature here.. i still care about bitcoin i think not only with signature we can earn some bucks here..
many people need your another skill to help him and get some bucks

I think most people are drawn to bitcoin and this forum and then later they find out about sig campaigns. I used BTC for well over a year before I enrolled in my first ad campaign. Honestly I thought they paid next to nothing, and then someone mentioned how much they got made me sign up. Getting some extra BTC just for posting is a pretty sweet deal IMO. It has however lead to lots of spammers :(

You're the second post in this thread,you don't need to quote me (the OP) in your response. It's implied.

I think may have asked the wrong question. Perhaps a better question would be how many of you would care about BitcoinTalk Forum without paid signatures?

Thanks for the honest replies already!

Which forum would be more appropriate?

And everyone posts for a few months before joining a signature campaign, it takes that long to rank up and to become aware that the opportunity even exists!

I'm glad you've had a positive contribution. Thanks for your vote.

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Possum577

I was here before I got into the Signature Campaign.  And I'll be here afterwards should it come to that.

Mostly I am here to learn, ask questions to those who may know the answers, and offer my own opinions.  bitcointalk is a nice little place to exchange interesting information about an important technology.  There are also some interesting threads I see in "Economic", some views I do not see even at Zero Hedge and similar.

And Reddit just doesn't do anything for me.

Thanks. I love the Economic forum and agree that Reddit is distracting. I can't read endless pages that look like code. That formatting was probably intentionally to keep some people off the site...ha

Its not about the payment its about being active and knowing any new development from bitcoin.

Yes i would in fact even if i am not in a sig. campaign, their are so many ways to earn bitcoin here in our forum.

I think that I would still care about Bitcoin; I've had long pauses in the past where I've disappeared from the forum but even during those periods I've been interested in the development that Bitcoin was experiencing, be it through the subreddit they have, or various other news sources.

ofcource I would still care about bitcoin if I wasn't in a signature campaign. that is exactly why I chose this signature campaign that has minimum of 0 posts so I am not forced to do any more posts that I like.

Been active for almost 2 years and lurking for 3. I just singed up for a sig campaign today. I have used my own referral links before but interested to see how well I do. I never posted enough on a regular basis to care about the dust they send you.;)

Yes, I agree. The Poll results may confuse some people. The majority of the posts seem to indicate that people care about Bitcoin and they care about the signature campaign too. If you asked the question in regards to the forum, you might have had a whole different result in the poll.

People enjoy money and they enjoy Bitcoin, but they do not necessarily worry about what platform provides this service. It just has to be fast and clean and available.   

I would not call 0.05-0.1 BTC a week dust anymore ;) That can become significant over time really fast, especially compared to faucets and stuff.

Yes of course, it has nothing to do with my love for Bitcoin. I almost never get a payout, probably because I like to reply only when I feel like it not to make a quota.

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Yes, signature campaigns are far from being the only way to get BTC or earn money from BTC.

But can't say I would be as active as now

Well I would say, that since it discusses matters related to the forum either meta, or off-topic. This isn't really a Bitcoin discussion, but rather a discussion about the members of this forum.
Actually, I do not remember back then being campaigns for newbies (maybe I'm wrong). These days people join campaigns with their very first post on this forum (i.e. only to earn money).

I was actually surprised at how much they paid. A few years ago I didn't remember it being that high. Although BTC was hitting 1k+ AND I didn't have a seasoned account. :)

No, I wouldn't bother wading through this sea of retardation if I wasn't being paid per word.

Exactly, even if we didn't get paid for our signature we would still care about bitcoins, as there are many other alternatives to earn bitcoins but being on forum, adds value to our knowledge, we can learn new things everyday related to bitcoins and other cryptos, So I would say that it is an learning experience for me rather than source of income, and if I hold a good knowledge of bitcoins then I can earn money using different ways.

no, of course I still care about bitcoin  ;D

Yes,I would :D

But still signature campaign does encourage me as well as others to post something constructive..because i will be sharing my idea+ getting paid for it..

everyone might say that they still care, but they really care for bitcoin? there is no way to know about it, and without signature the majority would simply go to find something else profitable, like farming account or altcoin mining, they would remain here anyway

as a myself i care about it the right amount, without signature i would think about something else for earning bitcoin, like someone else said, i would care less about the forum perhaps

I think signatures campaign are not 100% for BTC promote, thats for business to promote in the BTC community.

I dont think someone pay to promote BITCOIN.

Of course. I'm doing signature campaigns for 2 weeks now. So my income from that isn't really high. Either way it is nice to have the possibility to earn some money while being online here in the forum.

Do you see a sig sell out under my name?

Of course. I learned alot anything about bitcoin from this forum so it's no way I won't care for bitcoin just because I didnt get paid for my signature. I have been in the other forum especially in our local forum for five years and there is no signature campaign service there so it's not different if in this forum, campaigns are not exist.

Just take the opportunity of having bitcoin for doing signature campaign.

Dust!!!
I don't think it is dust.
For me it is good source of income(part time).
And they pay per post and to so much users and if they increase payout then their profit will be less and maybe they will close down.

Signature payments are just an added bonus to posting on a subject I'm interested in. I didn't have a signature for ages and then I though what the hell, everyone else has so I might as well too :P.

If I'm very active some weeks it pays more than I'd earn mining at home with a couple of S5's. And that's without the expense of buying the miners and psu's, the cost of electricity (extortionate here in the UK), the hassle keeping check on them, the noise and the heat (because its summer).

It's a 100% no brainer for me :).

I think there are faucets, giveaways, bonuses, services, etc to earn bitcoin beside sig campaign. So if I dont get paid from my sig camp manager, its okay. I will learn some skill like programming and graphic designing then to offer my service. Get out from bitcoin because dont get paid in sig camp is not a smart way. Anyway there are many users here who not using any sig campaign, and they still care about bitcoin.

In the beginning this forum was great tool for me to learn more about bitcoin technology, history, services, everything.
As I become more experienced user and learn about different ways how to collect or earn bitcoin, I also become interested in signature campaigns.
I started to think, if I already regularly write on this forum and somebody is willing to pay me for it, why not?
Why not use a good opportunity for additional income, for something I do every day :)
So, I cared about bitcoin before signature campaigns, and I will care even after sig. campaigns, because of things I can learn or hear here.

I have posted a few thousand posts and most of them was done not wearing a signature, nor getting paid. I care just as much about bitcoin and the forum now as that when I first started a few years ago.

For the guys that only care about bitcoin or the forum because of signature campaigns, I feel a little sorry for you because unless you live in a cheap country where it enables you to live then you are wasting time just posting for extra bitcoin.

Post because you want to not to get paid and if it is the only reason you are here then your best bet is to leave and get a job in real life.

I first found out about bitcoin and the way to make money with my computer in 2013. It was too late to seriously earn some money with a graphics card with my high power rates.
Early this year i made my way back to bitcoin. I found out about cloud mining and the new asics that are used. I got deeper and deeper to the topic. It wasn't longer all about the money. I bought a 2GHS USB miner just for fun. Knowing that i never see the 6€ that i invested into it. Then i invested 20€ in a cloud mining company. I'm a heavy bitcoin fan now.
It's not longer about making money, but get the advantages of this currency. Here in Germany we have a game shop, that offers 3% discount on payments with bitcoin.

So i would definitely care about Bitcoin and Litecoin if i wouldn't get paid.

And yes i have a signature and i like the art to get paid for posting. It's great to get paid for this fun in the forums!
Further i'm gaining most of my bitcoin from it, since 0.001 from faucets is not enough to seriously get into bitcoin.

I believe he was taking himself as an example, where he didn't post any notable amount to get anything more than "dust" he's talking about.
@Derrike , if you are not a regular poster, or don't keep up with forum on a regular basis, maybe you should consider joining some fixed sig. campaign, where there's low
post requirements, but calculated value per post is higher than in a regular ppp campaign.

cheers

Yes, course I do care about Bitcon and I would still be here posting if there wasn't signature campaigns.

Proof? Well, I have enrolled into signature campaign with the activity of 392 for the first time ever. If I only cared about getting paid I wouldn't be waiting for a year to start getting paid. Also, before I created this account, I was an active lurker for over 6 months. I've been with Bitcoin for almost 2 years now!

Yeah, I agree with you. Some one else wrote @so people are just here for the signature campaigns?" Obviously that's not the case going by all the responses here.

I'm glad that the majority of you would be here regardless of the signature campaigns. I hope those that admit to posting more frequently due to pay are doing so constructively. And most important, I hope this helps changed one of the negative opinion about those that engage in a signature campaign. We're party if this community and we have genuine interest in the success of the Bitcoin Project.

Being honest here, all the factors you said I thought about, and you're absolutely right, I have nothing to lose when I am in a campaign posting for btc. But even if signatures campaigns didn't exist I would still be involved with btc. Not because of the job I took but my interest and fascination with this technology and currency. So later on, I would know more about btc and do bigger investments with it, at that time, the risk will come. Signature campaigns are a jumping board for new bitcoiners, it helps us to step up and get involved with more and more.

Thanks I'll look into it. As of now I like the pay scale on the campaign I'm on now. Although I hardly use Yobit.

Of course. I already had an activity of around 400 when I first joined a signature campaign. But I can't deny it has changed a bit the way I'm using this board. Without the sig, I was only visiting once or twice a week. Now that I've got it, I'm here nearly everyday.

in the vast majority of case, with signature you can earn some bucks, not enough to choose an economic system.

the signature are another way to earn some money on the nets, but nothing to get real cash.

I was in bitcoin a lot before I had a signature camapign
I keep holding bitcoin, and has never bitcoin, so Yes, I care about bitcoin

One thing doesn't have to do with another. Everyone would still be connected to Bitcoin if signatures didn't exist. The real question is: would you post as much as you do without an economic incentive?

I'd definitely say yes, I would, I spent months here posting without any signature to begin with... Signatures are just a very welcome extra and they also guarantee a minimum of quality on posts, as one can be booted out of a signature campaign for spam, or unnecessary posts... Obviously no one can get rich just out of posting on Bitcointalk :D I think it's just a pretty nice way of making some extra bucks, while taking advantage of something one already did frequently to begin with :)

Exactly this; signature campaigns are a nice bonus for posting on the forum, but they shouldn't be someone's entire interaction with Bitcoin.

Unless you live in a really crappy economy and need every penny you can make, then I can see it being a justifiable need for someone. Aside from that, you shouldn't expect to live off of a signature program.

yeah sign camp is not everything,
we can still get and earn bitcoin apart from sign camp,
like faucet or trading or other

Of course yes, I didn't find out about bitcoin because of sig campaign so I'll still care about bitcoin
There are tons of ways to earn bitcoins, not only on sig campaign

but your main income now from signature campaign right ? :D

Yes, I would always care for bitcoin.

I think that this a stupid question. With want to offend the poster which had open this thread. Bitcoin have nothing t do with the signature campaign. Signature campaign is one of the ways that can bring bitcoins but not the only one. I will (can) have again bitcoin even if the signature campaigns doesn't exists. So, in few words. Viva (very, very much) the signature campaign for giving me some bitcoin but who cares if that doesn't exist. I can find bitcoins even in other ways.

Yes, though the answer is clear from the poll.
Everyone who comes into Bitcoin is fantised by its features and after some time roaming around faucets they come to know about the signature campaigns (at least this case was me).

I didnt get paid for posting in facebook or any social media else, but I still care and always making post there. It totally depends on how we treat bitcoin, so if you are really interested of it, then you should develop it with your opinion, criticism, advices, etc in this forum no matter if you get paid or not ;)

I get most of my Bitcoin buying them monthly with my monthly wage, if it wasn't for that I would barely have reached 1 BTC after years of posting. These guys pays really cheap so it's not a viable serious option. Im not scared to say this so there's no point thinking the opposite.

yes, I can say I would be interested in btc beyond the sig campaign considering I started using it well before I found this forum, or even knew what a "siganture campaign" was.

I think it represents a huge opportunity to break out of the current debt dollar system which only serves to benefit those at the top.

Ugh look at all the signatures on this thread!
I don't have a signature. I post because I believe Bitcoin is the future and I want to learn more.

And for the record, I do not click on signatures.

I also don't click any signature link. I only wear mine, because it's nice to get some extra money for posting while getting deeper and deeper into bitcoin. I chose secondstrade because i don't wanted to have ads for scam cloud minings. I didn't go for the highest paying. The company has to fit into my image of bitcoin. And scams are worse towards the currency, but they are in fiat also.

Its a nice perk to have a signature but I would still be visiting here and using bitcoin regardless. Think the quality of my posts would go up and less posting in off topic would be the fallout. ;D

I cared about Bitcoin before starting signature campaigns and i will care about it after im signature-less.
I appreciate the handful of legit companies offering signature campaigns on this forum.
Contrary to popular belief, i think the post quality has improved from the members who are enrolled lately...

Personally, i post about the same amount regardless of if i have an active sig camp or not.

I messed around with BTC for a while (and even on the forum before having a break) before I enrolled in a signature campaign. However, it does haunt me when I post because I don't want to come across as a signature spammer, so I end up talking rubbish if I only have something small to say in a post to try and extend it (also so I don't get banned for signature spamming).

When I see so many people writing stupid and useless posts, I wonder if it hasn't gone too far. I'm making small change from a signature campaign right now, but if the webmaster of this board would ban the practice, I would understand him. I'd like to keep the ability to have a link to my signature, though.

I registered here on the day I first heard about bitcoin. I didn't register to join a campaign, I registered to learn more about bitcoin. The signature campaign is nice bonus for participation in discussions. I would post less often if I am not in a champaign, but I would still care about bitcoin. I have invested some of my savings in bitcoin, can't not care about it.

i think if i didnt getvpaid i'll be dont care about btc
because i dont know how to get a lot of btc

Pay per post campaigns are nice, but yes, it results in a lot of people posting useless "questions" just to up their post count.  And I think it contirbutes to the buying/selling of forum accounts so people can run multiple usernames at the same time just for sig campaigns.  Yes it's too bad some seem to abuse the setup, but they have to advertise somehow.

I love how everyone claims they would still care about bitcoin when the truth is probably 80% of those people would become inactive on bitcointalk or the bitcoin community all together if there were no signature campaigns.

many ways to get bitcoin man not only from the signature campaign,
yeah still care so whatever happens,
and no doubt, members of bitcointalk will be drastically reduced

really funny, when they can remain care to bitcoin without signature campaign, while they use it :v
they may be confused earn bitcoin without sign camp, haha
btw, you dont use sign camp, its amazing, when you could get a lot of bitcoin by using your account(hero member)

I posted before I was in a signature campaign so this is very much a get paid for doing something I'd do anyway.  The key was finding a campaign that matched up well with how much I was comfortable posting.

I do agree that a lot of harm can be done to the forum from people acting opportunistically in order to exploit signature campaigns.

Is anyone really pathetic enough to be "interested in bitcoin" for like 10 dollars a week? Seriously? That sounds really lame.


My sign campaign ended last week, but I'm still here, and my sig is still here (too lazy to remove it).


But if you were to change your question to being in it for the money, I would say yes. I'm not a libertarian, I fundamentally don't care if bitcoin succeeds or not. But I hope that I could make a good return from it succeeding, therefore I support it.

Yes of course I will still care for Bitcoin.
But I also mine bitcoins sometimes with a USB miner. So I love signature campaigns and I'll be upset if they will no more be present. Because I prefer to pay my bills with bitcoins.

You lost me at "for like 10 dollars a week", but what does Libertarian have to do with Bitcoin?

There's a few people calling my post or poll a stupid question, but you all should be thanking me! I gave you all a reason to add one more constructive post to your count, tips are appreciated - see my profile for my BTC address.

Hahaha, yes. This comment is it! This thread is essentially a list of people with signature ads! I mean, that's what the OP is asking for, but still...it's a who's who of campaigners saying "nah, mate, theses campaigns are dust...just a nice side benefit.

I like it when people are admitting they post more. I'll do the same, I post more due to my signature ad campaign. I hope all of my posts are helpful (that's certainly my intent.) and I'd still be on the Forum, I just wouldn't be posting as much.

Cheers.

Yes, your topic is also in my watchlist and I love to post here.
Nice idea to increase our post count per week.
There are also many posts which are nonsense and people are still posting there and their pages have grown more than 59. WTF is happening on the forum ???

Signature campaigns encourage us to post more and more, but some others(maybe me also) posts nonsense many a times to increase their post count per week to acquire more bitcoins from signature campaign.
But everything is fair in love and war and bitcoin also.

I think 80% is a gross over estimation.
Most people participating in signature campaigns are long term members of the forum (with the exception of those accts who were sold by their original owner) who have been posting here for years.

Who knows what the more accurate percent is, but certainly your general point is correct.
IMHO signature campaigns are appreciated appetizers while many of us accumulate BTC by other methods as our main course.

i think the whole point people do signature campaigns is because they are interested in bitcoins, it presents a way for them to acquire them if there were no such thing m sure people will follow traditional ways to collect btc like faucets and such  :)

Faucets are just waste of time and electricity.
If you want to make Bitcoins then you should do trading, but try to understand the market first and then take further steps, because there are many cases in which the people have Lost all their money because of some wrong decisions.

Yep, before I know about signature campaigns here, I was using faucet only and just have earned about 0.02 BTC in total and when I got scammed for like 1mBTC, I'll get angry and sad. After I join signature campaigns, I use the BTC from them to invest in cloud mining, altcoina, and fiat (I sell BTC for fiat, then buy BTC back). However if I can't earn from signature (e.g. no campaign suitable for me/banned here), I'll stick to my current investments for BTC incomes. I'll continue to post something I think it is really have a room for me to say (e.g. something that I really disagree/extremely agree to). I'll still participate in the community even if there's no signature campaign, though maybe not as much as with signature.

but this lead to think that everyone here is for profit, and it does not matter if it come from signature from altcoin or whatever

a better question would have been, would you still care about bitcoin if you were not here for accumulating bitcoin itself?

There are several advantages for bitcoin to use it other than that I can earn some Online  like low dress and anonymity :)

Signature campaigns just help my wallet with few cents, I get money for something I already do (posting). Anyway, I haven't started to use bitcoin for campaigns.

different from me, sign camp is the main income for me
if no sign camp I might earn from faucet, trading, giveaway, or another, but I still care in bitcoin

When I first registered with Bitcointalk, the sig campaigns were not even in existence. Most of the guys then joined the forum and started using the Bitcoin for ideological reasons. Things changed when Primedice introduced its sig campaign by the end of 2013. People realized that they could get good amounts of money, by joining such a campaign. Before Primedice, no one really cared about the sig campaigns.

Exactly this, we are having this discussion about $15-$20 a week, I mean c'mon. I see it this way, we are all here for the good of Bitcoin, if I can get some small change while posting, why not? And if I can help advertise with the signature campaign, why wouldn't I help. It's simple as that!

Signature campaign is just 1 way to make bitcoins, But i think its not that much profitable, There are better ways to make bitcoin, selling, trading etc ;)

So if you think this is the only way to make bitcoin, you should open your mind and see the possibilities. :)

lol
Are you serious?
I have invested a huge load of my savings into Bitcoin, because:
1) I don't trust banks and am pretty sure, the whole system will crash in a few years and so following scenarios might happen
  a) Euro directly will lose value
  b) Banks will just take some of my money to save them self(Cypress)
  c) Banks will close and just delete my balance
2) I hope the price will go up.

also the money I earn with sig campaigns isn't really that much and posting not worth the time, if it would only be for earning BTC.

Don't only be dependent on signature campaigns, as you never know the future of signature campaigns, it might not exist in future but yes there are many other ways to earn bitcoins like trading, faucets, gambling etc. but a bit risky, the safest way to earn bitcoins is from a signature campaign, so even if don't get paid from signature campaigns we have many other opportunities to earn bitcoins.

I literally just found out about sig campaigns a week ago, after messing with btc/alts for years...so if sig campaigns would somehow disappear altogether, I'd still be here...

;)

Absolutely I would, to me, signature campaigns are just another way to passively earn coins while I posy on the forum. Its like a nice little bonus.

I would always do my regular posting anyway, because im addicted to internet forums such as this one, because this is the only place on the planet I can share my enthusiast for Bitcoin, no one in real life knows what Bitcoin is so im stuck there.

Remove the sig ad and continue post (If you are truthful).

You didn't reply to the OP question "If you didn't get paid for your signature, would you still care about Bitcoin?".

Yes of course.

but I dont think to earn for the bitcoin aside from sign camp , I still enjoy working in here (sign camp),
safe and a large income,  8)

Wait, what?  People get paid for that?  Damn..  PM me your offers and what your product is.

Here's the catch, I don't care about how much you pay me, I care about what product goes to my signature more...  PM me.

How much is sig. space worth these days?...

ofcourse o would still care about bitcoin. i think the two are irrelevant because signature campaign is just an additional way of earning bitcoin while posting. i am still fascinated by the technology and hope to see it grow and attract more services and businesses to use it as payment method

The highrst rate i've seen was 0.00075BTC per post. I'm getting 0.00025 per post with my rank. There is an overview of the signature campaigns in this forum: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=615953.0

Of course, you have to understand that paid per post sig. campaign isn't for everyone.
If you don't have much time to write on this forum it is better to choose sig. campaign with fixed number of required posts per month.
In this way you don't need to spam others on this forum by posting as much as possible in order to earn more in your sig, campaign.
Choose other type of sig. campaign and relax, write when you can and receive payment for something you will do anyway, without pressure to write much :)

And it also encourages us to post more constructive posts on the forum.
Just there are some users who post much nonsence in order to get paid and ends up being banned.

absolutely yes, i would still care about bitcoin even when i didn't get paid for my signature, when i recognize bitcoin for the first time i was looking for some information about bitcoin and then i found this forum, this forum has given me knowledge about bitcoin,about money about economic, goverment and bank systems that's all i never learnt about them before, honestly signature campaign is just a bonus for me i would stand up and care about bitcoin because i love it and i am ready for being a part of the revolution money.

bitcoin signature campaign just another way to get bitcoin, if i didn't get paid i will still care with bitcoin :D

It's funny to see the thread full of spam in signatures.

Yes I would. I see Bitcoin more as an entertainment. Signature campaigns sure do help but I've never got rich of them. The real moneymaker for me would be affiliate marketing.

Of course I would be interested in bitcoins even though I wouldn't receive any payment for signature, I joined before signature campaigns and I  was interested in it

of course..there's many other ways on how to earn a btc..

yes ofcourse ..that can happen whit real money :))

Good question, the answer is "it depends." But what is gor certain us that a post with a question like that is not only not constructive (because the infirmation is widely available) it's also off topic (because you didn't answer my question), so you wouldn't have gotten paid for it anyway! And you probably would have gotten avwarning from someone.


Affiliate Marketing: so signature ad campaigns that allow you to put your referral code in the link to the website? Sounds like you might be closer than you think.


People are getting paid a lot more than this...have you ever read the thread at the link you provided?!?!

Looking for a nice campaign that has open slots for full members - they all appear to be taken.  I've been using YoBit's sig campaign but their payout system is bonkers and doesn't work half the time >:(

I would still care about bitcoin, 100%. I did not join this site with intentions to join a signature campaign and earn Bitcoin. My posting activity is more "active" in a way when I'm wearing a signature, but that is to honor the terms of the campaign. I refuse to enter pay-per-post campaigns and always remain active in fixed rate campaigns because I do not want to spam the forums to reach a personal quota. I feel the campaigns that give you a set amount of BTC per post instead of a fixed rate promotes spam and low quality posts because you can essentially earn as much as you want whilst shit posting the forums. I post on threads that gain my attention and interest, and not post just to get paid, but rather post and contribute in some way.

Yes. See my signature!

although I do not understand how to get money from the
signature, I will continue discussing about bitcoin as
many alternative revenue that we can learn together, my friend

I see hidden code on your signature bro.   ;D

you can try bro, it's easy just post and coin will coming to you :D
but you can learn with earn here, it's free

It's pretty amazing to me that anyone can stand browsing this forum without turning signature display off.