Just like Blazed mentioned, it really depends on the auction being held. For example, I managed to auction-off my sig in less than a week. The forum itself holds weekly auctions for it's ad spots and they get filled rather quickly. I opened up an auction for a physical coin just for curiosity and it had a bid on day 1. I could keep listing examples but in the end, the key is to auction something of value and advertise it outside the section (like in your signature).

Looking through your post history, it does seem that either the thread in question was deleted or not posted. Rather strange, as most threads just get moved to the Trashcan, not outright removed. I'd suggest you contact the admins BadBear and/or theymos as they should see the deleted thread. Also, XT discussion belongs in the altcoin sections as the (possible) hardfork is considered as an altcoin by theymos.

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Pointless promotion / Ad spam.

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Pointless introduction thread.

I'm auctioning off my signature. I make on average around 50 posts per month. The rules for this auction are:

• No NSFW content.
• No scams or shady businesses.
• No coloured backgrounds.
• I have the right to reject bids or advertisements. You can offer a different one of course.
• If the service turns out to be a scam, I'll remove the ad and your money will not be refunded.
• The auction winner must provide payment and the signature ad code within 48 hours of a request via PM.
• Your signature will have an "Advertisement: " text before it and a notice. Example:

The minimum bid is 0.05 BTC, the minimum bid increment is 0.01 BTC and the bids should be evenly divisible by 0.01 BTC. The auction will end on March 1st default forum time (UTC +0000) if there is at least 1 valid bid. If there isn't one, it'll end 1 week after the first valid bid. The winner's advertisement will run for 1 month.


Example for both valid and invalid bids:

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Illegal services are not allowed here.

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Ref spam.

Moved to Meta, read the rules before you post: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=703657.0


The reason is clearly shown in the redirection thread for the deleted thread. If you were to take a minute to skim through a few Altcoin discussions pages and you'd quickly see that redirection thread. Also, unlike you, I have a life outside of the forum.

In the real world, when people want something, they ask for it, not passive-aggressively expect others to just give it to them.

Guess that the forum not catering to your supported coin's spam means it's deceitful.

Auction over. Contacting the highest bidder - Winner.

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Duplicate thread.

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Pointless promotion / Keep coin specific announcements in the main thread.

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Unrelated to Bitcoin.

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Altcoin giveaways are not allowed here:

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Pointless promotion / Ad spam.

I've decided to auction off my signature. I make on average around 50 posts per month. The rules for this auction are:

• No NSFW content.
• No scams or shady businesses.
• No coloured backgrounds.
• I have the right to reject bids or advertisements. You can offer a different one of course.
• If the service turns out to be a scam, I'll remove the ad and your money will not be refunded.
• Your signature will have an "Advertisement: " text before it and a notice. Example:

The minimum bid is 0.05 BTC and the minimum bid increment is 0.01 BTC. The auction will end on January 1st if there is at least 1 valid bid. If there isn't one, it'll end 1 week after the first valid bid.

Use this format when bidding:

<amount of BTC you are bidding/are willing to pay per month> BTC for <amount of months you want to advertise for>

For example:

This means you'll have to pay 0.1 BTC if you win.

This means you'll have to pay 0.06 BTC if you win.

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Trolling.

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Ref spam.

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Trolling.

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Illegal trades are not allowed.

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Unrelated to Bitcoin.