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Hi all, I have been on this forum for some months now and I noticed this rule by signature campaign managers when applying for a signature campaign. In fact the rule is one of the prerequisite for getting paid. One of the rules is that posts made in boards where the signature is not visible will not be counted. Another rule are boards where if a participants makes a posts it will not the counted. I am going to ask these questions out of curiosity. First question, why are there boards where the signatures cannot be displayed or aren't visible on the forum? Second question is why do campaign managers exclude certain boards for posting and others where posting is allowed?

Because the admin and moderators make the boards or thread not to contain signature.

Campaign manager exclude some boards because it is full of poor poster or full of what they do not want, like the off-topic. Another is altcoin board which bitcoin mixer will not allow because bitcoin is not an altcoin. Campaign managers have different reasons. You can see a campaign manager that will accept certain boards, while the other campaign manager will not.

Because those places are only meant for serious discussion, and I believe the reason is to prevent people who are just making post in other to complete post quarter. Only those who know what's being discussed will want to make post their.


What's best for their campaign that's what they do. Every signature campaign every project have their targeted audience and as such the manager needs post to be made in those areas in other for the project to achieve their objectives.

First I will try to answer your second query, campaign manager does not allow or accept those posts made on board where the signature is not visible because those posts brings no benefit to the platform you are promoting under the management of those managers. Like to understand this, you should know, why we are putting their signatures on our profile, because we are promoting them, and the boards where their ads are not showing on when we post on those boards why they will accept our posts.

Coming to the first query, why there are such boards? I think that's because the moderator does not want ads to be shown there. Nothing other comes to my mind.

And I did not understand the rule I have bolded in your post. Can you shed some more light on it please.

Have you considered that the signature you're wearing are just advertisement you're making for the companies employing you to do that, now being a participant of any signature campaign, the forum want it that there should be some boards were those adverts of any kind are not allowed, do we have the right to question the forum, i think they have done enough justification by allowing as many as possible boards to display signature codes, you're not doing this adverts for the forum but rather for the company employing you and for you to earn something.


Maybe you wait till when you're also a campaign manager, make your own rules and try adjust some modifications to it, everyone has his do's and don'ts, in addition they also have some targets to make with the company that employ them and have their desirable boards they know will pull more cilcks to generate them traffic.

what's with the hostility? the OP just asked a question as to what could be the possible reason/s why there is a board where signatures are not visible and why campaign managers mention boards/sub-boards where the participant's posts will not be counted. anyway, the first two replies basically answered the OP's question, I hope those answers satisfy his curiosity. edited

Posting on those boards will result in low-quality content that adds little value to the forum, particularly from individuals who only post to complete their weekly posts. Those boards could be for serious discussions, and they cannot be used for spamming or posting unrelated content that contradict the topic of discussion.


This is quite similar to how advertisements are posted on social media or other platforms. Clients will want their advertisements to show where their target audience is most likely to be engaged, so that they can simply show their company to numerous users who are interested in such services. The campaign managers know best where their clients will create the most traffic to their businesses, which is why they gave them the job and monitored their ability to do it.

If you read the description on boards like the serious discussion,
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=250.0
You would understand that the board is trying so hard to focus on issues at hand, many time members only post to meet up their post count, with the no signature on a board it limits the amount of users going to that board, then those who goes there are actually interested in the discussion.

To your second question, there are some boards that are spam filled and bounty active filled, an example is the Altcoin discussion board, most campaign Managers don't like it because if it's huge entry by spamsters there by leading to low visibility of the signature of their participants that post on such boards. And besides every campaign manager has their own rules and you are not forced to apply, if it doesn't fit your style you look else where

you don't understand what the campaign manager means, they don't forbid you to make posts in that section or thread signature invisible, they just won't count it, this is their requirement, if you go to WO thread then you will find all members those who make posts there won't see what signature they use.

campaign managers make rules like this only to make the campaigns they handle can be right on target and gambling site owners who trust their campaigns on the bounty manager can get maximum results ^{(if you paid campaign participants but did not get maximum results, would you be happy?)}

To avoid spam since most of the spammer is from signature campaign filling their post quota. Best example here are Wall observer thread and Serious Discussion. This thread/section is meant for discussing without any interference post that doesn’t relate to the topic. You will understand why the mods decided to have this kind of board when you are here during the time when signature campaign participants from campaign that has no max post quota still exist.  Literally bunch of garbage one line post in every thread in the forum. :D

It depends on the campaign that you are promoting. Also some campaign manager find some board low traffic which means posting in there doesn’t help the visibility of the project. Most campaigns too is removing Altcoin board as eligible board since that board is full of repititive and recycled post that is always just spam.

I don't think this your answer can go well with the Op question. If a board is for serious discussion then managers will be very glad to see their Participants to partake in those participations and display the signature and avatar there. I don't think it is to prevent users to complete their weekly quota  but what @_act_ said is much better.

If we talk of target audience in the forum, forum is for everyone and everyone is in the forum so everyone is under the targeted audience. Students, teenagers, Youths and adults are not separated in the forum but forum treat everyone equal, so I don't also think manager have targeted audience in the forum. Because newbies, Jr. Members, Members, Full Members, See. Members, Hero Members and Legendary Members are all invited to visit the project which is managed by the manager so all are equal in that aspect.

1. Posts made in boards are not counted - I believed that they are just wasting money if the banners are not visible. If you want to advertise your business are you going to pay for less promotion? Of course not!

2. Why there are boards without having signatures? - In order to have a serious discussions or stop trolling/spamming of other members.

You don’t read to understand. I agree with @Nwada001, companies who come to advertise here have a target audience mind and their first priority is to reach that target market. It’s the reason why mixers and exchanges prefer to hire members who frequent technical board and have a reputation in that circle of discussion, most mixer campaigns do not count posts in games & rounds because they know their market isn’t there. Casinos want members who are active in gambling discussions and are into sports, hiring these individuals will boost their service in the gambling board.

As what _act posted, the admin and mods made some board like that where signatures won't be displayed in the board or won't allow anyone to promote their company in that board. The reason why campaign managers have that rule where some boards are excluded is because it's wnere spammers and shitposters are posting. The campaign owner want their company to be seen using the signature and if you are posting in a board where signatures doesn't show then all I can say is they are only giving their money for nothing. Some campaign manager counted posts in boards like Altcoin Discussion whereas others don't.

Well all signature campaigns are based on different niches...meaning if a signature is based on promoting a gambling company or product expect posts to carry more weight from gambling boards ,and if its a product that can generally fit in any of the boards then the restrictions are less, but the whole idea of not having to count posts in certain boards is because posts in such boards dont onboard or generate intrest into the company!

Lets not forget this is a forum and some boards have being kept clean to allow for discussions to go on without seeing sigs of different companies and reduce spam to so.e extent , besides not everyone is a fan of signatures and such a board is there to accommodate such usersl!

Sure not everyone likes these rules but their signature campaign,  their rules,  and they know where to get the best results of their campaign as the continuity of some campaigns is based on getting results and results are found in  whitelisted boards.

I am surprised to see a question like this, you really don't have to be a marketing expert to recognize the reason. For example, put yourself in the role of the campaign owner, surely you will prefer to pay for promoting the brand on the most frequented and relevant boards of the forum. Why would you pay for posts in a section where only a few users will see them?
Or completely irrelevant promotion, like the promotion of a casino in a local board where gambling is illegal.

Just as everybody have said, I think the reason why signature is not displayed on some boards such as "Serious Discussion" is to get away with any medium that could distract people while have a serious discussion that affects Bitcoin or the forum at large.

It's called a signature campaign, and as such managers exclude those boards where signature is not allowed to be displayed, because of what use will it be to count a post on an undisplayed signature board. So that's the reason why.

Both of these questions are kinda pointless, and you can easily figure out the answers using logic.

In certain boards, signatures are intentionally hidden to minimize spam and promote higher-quality discussions, hence the name "Serious discussion" board. In such cases, it can be logically deduced that managers will not include those posts in the weekly quota.

The answer to your second question varies depending on the manager. Each campaign manager has the freedom to set their own rules for the campaign, either based on their preferences or client requests. That is why you might come across some campaigns that require a specific number of posts in the Gambling section, for example. It all depends on the individual manager's decisions and requirements.

You actually know what the reason is. There is a description on the board why the signature is unavailable there.

Check: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=250.0

Any advertising is unavailable in this board, everyone must focus on the topic without any purpose of advertising a project.

Certain boards may be excluded because it is probably not suitable places to advertise particular projects. The developer may request to the BM to focus on advertising on potential boards only. I think there is nothing wrong with this way, a project can make their own rules for the effectiveness of their advertising in this forum.

Those are sections that are meant for serious discussion, people posting in sections like that are doing that because they want to make contribution to to post, or let me say they really want to pass information, and they are not doing it to fill their signature post, you wont see people spamming in sections like that because posts in those sections wont be counted.
What's the purpose of wearing signature if you are posting in a section where the signature and Avatar wont display? If you are posting in sections like that then you are not marketing any project because your signature is not displaying, and if your signature is not displaying then what's the purpose of the project paying you.

Depends on what you're promoting...
campaign rules are set to favor the interest of the campaign and promote the casino, program where it's necessary. You ain't gonna be paying for something that doesn't yield results at the end of the day, are you?..
So basically, we've got a good percentage of traffic in major boards like the meta, Technical discussion, Bitcoin discussion, B&H etc. Yes, there are boards that 'em signatures do not display and it's been mentioned above already.

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Well I am so surprised that you are still confused why that is happening ornthay decision is taken. There are so boards that are always flooded by newbies and those that like to shit posts. Mist newbies and unserious writers normally go there to write about the opinion about something and that had made the campaign managers to ask campaign signature employees not to write there. There are also some board where signature does not show. I think one of the reason is because signature is not allowed to be visible there.

There are some threads that don't display a signature that is just how mods in the forum made it, if you can't display the signature on that post you promoting nothing therefore it was not counted as a post since your signature cannot seen by members. Most of the boards are excluded but it would depend on the signature campaign manager they have different preferences on their rule some exclude most of the boards others are not, the Main reason most of the time is because most of the topics on that board are nonsense and not relevant to the signature that you are promoting. And allowing posts on that board could just lead to spamming, for example, topic threads, I mean topic post are just not related to cryptocurrency, and most of the topic there is just nonsense so it would make sense if the campaign manager doesn't allow post there to be counted, there are also threads like games and round, where the post are just games, probably because there are expected to do quality post with around 150 characters so you can't really do exactly that on that thread where you just play and bet.

At first, signature campaign managers have every right to formulate the rules to their various campaigns so as to meet with the demand of their clients whom they promote their various projects here. Managers want active boards where signature is visible and  the visibility of the signature brings about benefit to the project and as such increases the popularity of that project onboard the platform.

Nevertheless, some campaign requires some specific board for signature campaign participants to be constantly engaging so as to attract more traffic to them. For instance the gambling board as we know is basically for gambling exercise and casinos. So therefore any casino project would definitely want their name to be visible there and this requires their campaign participants to constantly be active there so that their casino can gain the attention it desires.

Signature campaign are marketing programs that helps create awareness for a project so what's the benefits of those boards that won't be productive to the campaign been posted on, that'll just be waste of resources. Let me use a casino signature campaign as an example, the targeted audiences for this type of campaign are gamblers so it'll only be productive to the campaign when participants post in boards that gamblers would likely be present so they can advertise to them and anything else is just a waste of resources and that's why you see casino related signature campaign making it compulsory that some post get made in gambling related boards.

The managers exclude those boards because they believe the boards won't be productive to the campaign they're managing. And there are some boards and thread that don't show signature code and that's because theymos doesn't want discussion on this boards to be influence by signature payment. It's a well known fact that spammers only engage in discussion because they're been paid to do so and they make off topic contributions just to fulfill the weeks quota but in those boards like Serious Discussion, theymos wants topics been discussed there should be those that typically interest you without been paid for your post there.

By your rank, I assume you know what signature means in the forum. The Forum per se is a place for sharing ideas on bitcoin but not limited to only bitcoin, it captures alt coins as well as political and economical discussion. Signature is an advert mechanism for companies or related entities where users are required to make certain number of posts in order to get paid and by implications, it leads to numerous post with less content and meaningful conversation. Consequently, signature are disable in the board where serious discussions are being discuss in order to keep the board clean and convo relevant.

Some boards are excluded thou this depends on each campaign manager preference. Some board have less post simply because members are not interested in them and the purpose of signature campaign is to create awareness about a particular site or whatsoever with the aim of getting traffic by spreading it where majority of Forum users are active in.

Signature campaign guideline (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1684035.0).

Signatures are one of elements in forum and theymos let it shows because he wants to give forum members to get income but don't abuse it. He can disable all signatures if he want to and if he feels signature campaigns nurture shit posters and spammers.
Two new no-signature boards (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2716647.0)
Ideas for improving post quality? (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2605767.0)


Forum members can disable (hide) all signatures and avatars with their profile settings.

Do you want to get serious things like this

Each manager and each campaign has different rules. You have to follow the manager rules and campaign rules to stay in and get eligible posts for payment.

Forum posters are paid so the project could be advertised through the signature, if the signature is not showed in the post then it has no point paying them, so it's clear why the section that does not show signature is avoided by campaign manager. In the case of the section that shows signature but is avoided by Campaign Manager could be related to the project that hires them, most of the signatures campaign now is either from Casino or Bitcoin Mixer, Casino mostly encourage their poster to post on the Gambling section, while Bitcoin Mixer don't want their poster to post on Altcoin Section because it's for Bitcoin. Other reason could be that the section that is avoided is mostly full of spammer.

From your two questions above, there is an element of mutual benefit there, maybe you understand enough how to run a business. Yes, it's about business.
First, the platform you are promoting on your profile is not visible on the board where the signature is not displayed, obviously not bringing profit to the platform you are promoting.
Second, managers always prioritize participants who have post quality above average, the reason managers exclude posts on Serious discussions or Ivory Tower is because the discussions there are mostly worthless trash.

When you become a Campaign Manager, you will understand why you exclude postings on certain boards.

When you join a signature campaign and post in different sections using the specific code and avatar of that signature campaign, your post will promote their campaign online and you will be paid a certain amount for that work. But if you post in a place where your signature code or your avatar can't be seen then that post is of no use to them because your post is of no use to them then why would they pay you for your post. That's why each signature campaign has different rules. Signature campaigns are based on rules where you get paid for where you post and where your posts don't count.

1. I guess that it is because those boards dont need advert on their post or discussions there are not considered to be helpful or irrelevant to other forum members.
2. Campaign managers don't accept post that the signature the company does not show is because your job hasn't been done. You are advertising a service and if you post on boards that your signature don't appear,what have you advertised? Nothing,and you are been paid to advertise the company that you are wearing their signature. Also there are some boards that your signature appears but some managers exclude such boards from your weekly quarter,this depends on the manager and the company that you are advertising.

I think it is a matter of choice for the managers, If a manager thinks that the discussions from a board is important to the project he is managing, he can permit and agree to count post made in those places by people under the project as valid. Some managers also see that some places in this forum make people lazy in how they post, so to make people to be committed to writing well they exclude and tell the people under them that post in those places will not be eligible even if they post there. It means you can still post there if you want, but it will not be eligible to him.

Many people have provided answers to your questions but I feel like contributing to your first question. I feel that the reason theymos deactivated signature in some boards is because those boards require serious discussion.  If signature is displayed everyone will flood in the board and discuss what they do not understand in order to complete signature posting quota.
If you can afford to post where your post will not count, it shows you have something serious to discuss.

Certain boards exclusion campaign of posts by campaign managers are based on their discretion, while other reasons that influences these boards exclusion on signature campaigns are the type of brand and what they represent. Casino company like Stakes.com would give much priority to the gambling and gambling discussion board than it would do to beginners and help board cause it's in the gambling section that their target audience lyes and huge market for them. So the brand also has much influence on this issue of boards exclusion by campaign managers. Nevertheless, some campaign managers ordinarily don't interest themselves with some boards particularly the Politics and society board which makes them to exempt such board in all signature campaigns under their charge even if it's an exchange
company signature.

I'm not entirely sure about the exact reason behind it, but I believe it is to reduce spam on those boards. Typically, the sections where signature campaigns are allowed are filled with numerous topics and daily replies. However, boards that don't display signature space tend to have fewer replies and topics.

It depends on the campaign and the manager. Some campaigns allow participants to post on their local boards, while others do not. In other words, for example if the project is related to gambling it would be more favorable for them to allow gambling sections in the forum, rather than focusing on sections that are not interested in gambling. I hope that clarifies my point here:)

The reason is heavily related to spam and again information in such boards are unique such that it ought not to be buried in a haste.

To add, it depends on the jurisdiction of the project. A project that is licensed and situated in Dutch will likely hire more of German natives for quick optimization

Campaign managers have different rules actually, some will pay if you post in local boards, while others will not. But posting in off topic or in boards that your signatures will not be displayed will always be strictly followed. Otherwise, you will not receive your weekly payout. Learn to follow the rules because that is very important when you participate in a signature campaign. You don’t want to be removed in the campaign I think, worst is if you keep breaking their rules, you will be banned in all the manager’s campaigns.

Adding to this, there are boards that are very much important  and having low quality  posts or having people spam those boards trying to meet up with signature campaign requirements and exemple of such boards include serious discussion, ivory coast, and the rest.

And since this boards have restrictions on signature  appearance, campaign managers wouldn't want people and their campaign members post in such boards because the major purpose of signature campaigns  is to help market a service through the signature space  and the more visible  the user is, the more chances the company has for exposure.

Spamming in the forum is always discouraged, otherwise if you’re caught that you made consistent spam posts, then you might be banned permanently. So don’t wait for that to happen on you. That’s the reason why most campaign managers excluded those boards that are frequently seen with spam posts, because that will also ruin the purpose of the campaign alone. Signature campaigns are said to promote for its productivity and progress, so managers should be more cautious on what boards these participants will be posting.

I think the first question has been answered by most people here, so I don't need to answer it.

With regards to the 2nd question, I guess the best answer is that there are some boards that are either there are only few people who are going, and interacting into that particular board, or the signature isn't being displayed there. There are some campaigns that allows users to post on gambling boards because that board is where gamblers are most of the time therefore, it will benefit the company. There are some companies who prefer the participants to post outside gambling boards because it's not their niche.

Well, you can still post in those boards still, but your post will not be counted by the manager of the campaign.

First question answer: ask theymos or Cyrus.

Second question answer: ask the campaign manager.

Asking this two questions to public will not get the appropriate answer since it's up to own opinion answer and how they view it. Asking this questions when you're already participate in signature campaign for multiple weeks doesn't make any sense too.

Now I want to ask you: why you increase your post counts in gambling board?

I think you had enough of answers to your questions, maybe you can reply to some of them or make it a choice to lock this thread.

To make it short for you I will give my answers to you and make it concise.
- It's better for some section of the forum to have no signature to be able to focus on the topic at hand. If you check those boards, those are the serious discussion, ivory tower things.

Second question
- They are aiming for specific people who are participating in those boards. Best way to think about this is that if you are operating in a country like US, then you are allowing to post in a local board, not located in the US, it just doesn't make sense. They are making it effective in advertising by selecting the area that they will count.

This is just my take.