No, more than likely the Alt Coin section wont go entirely, but I wouldn't be surprised if there were more restrictions if people aren't willing to cooperate just a little bit. We say that there are no more giveaway threads allowed because they are spamming the board, taking up server resources, and people are abusing them to get their post counts up. We provide fairly simple suggestions, like host giveaways on a coin's own forums, twitter, facebook, whatever, and even allow people to post giveaway announcements here, but just ask that they collect the spamload of addresses elsewhere. The response? People telling us to put them back, make a giveaway section (although we explain 20+ times that that wouldn't solve a single issue) and ten threads about how the admins hate Alt Coins and are scared that they will threaten Bitcoin. All of those things are answered, and no one listens and keeps on complaining, its just frustrating.
Despite how every so often I'd grind my teeth and imagine what everyone would do if the Alt Coin section was removed just to teach everyone a lesson, then I imagine that people would just post Alt Coin stuff elsewhere in the forum and we would have no place to move it besides the Trash, which is why the Alt Coin section was made in the first place. Its a tool that we do need here, not because Alt Coins have a right to be here, but because banning them from the forum in its entirety isn't fair, and we don't want alt coin conversation outside of the section.
Well they have said it's something they've discussed or are discussing. There's mentions over in Meta somewhere.
What we are discussing is what to do about Paid Signature advertising.
