How about not having a politics and society board at all? Only a few users find it useful, others just spam there.
Removing the jungle and merge it with off-topic is a good solution that i suggested in the past tho...
Adding to off-topic, politics and society, gambling, I'd like to add the alternative currencies section - > especially the giveaway and bounty along with the Announcements boards respectively to be the boards which do not add to the activity .
No, i don't support the idea of boards without activity, finding a way to limit the number of counted posts per period in some specific boards is better.
For example : making more than 5 posts per period in off-topic (the jungle merged with it) will grant you a maximum of 5 activities only.
Bring back the newbie jail for even better cause, I read what saltyspoon had to say on this, but with differentiated rules which someone suggested in a different thread, a huge amount of spam can be reduced. Have a test for campaign managers if they pass, they can manage, if not, tell them to fuck off.
Neutral with these ideas.
Forcing an escrow and a manager (same person or 2) for every signature campaign and bounties will :
1- reduce spam
2- reduce scam in our forums...