Free Advertising, YES or NO

[The Cryptovator]

I think currently no managers are forcing participants to wear Signature & Avatar before apply. Sometimes it's on the rules due to the nature of the Signature Campaigns, which doesn't mean you will not be accepted unless you do not wear Signature. For me, I do not give priority who wear Signature before acceptance. I just inform after accepted if the participants hadn't wear Signature.

You any managers forcing to wear Signature before apply then he can do it. Nothing wrong since there are no guidelines or rules for the Signature campaign. But participants would ignore such as campaign if they do not like to comply with campaign rules. But of course, campaign rules should comply with forum rules as well. Not one forcing participants to apply on any campaign.

[Pmalek]

Bump to see if the communities' stance on free advertising has changed. 

[CryptopreneurBrainboss]

How do you feel about that? Do you think it is OK that you just advertised a service for free and weren't selected in the campaign in the end?

As a user; I don't consider that an advertisement instead a requirement to be considered in the first place for the Job. I don't think anyone should consider that an advertisement if it's required to wear before getting a slot at your account been reviewed. If I'm not in a campaign, I wear the ads of whatever company I'm applying for before even dropping my applications and when I'm in a campaign, even though the manager stressed the wearing of avatar and signature part, I still apply because I know what I can offer. If it's someone I haven't worked with, I'll just simply leave a note of updating those ads if I'm been hired.

From the aspect of a manager; Actually majority of the applicants don't really care for the free advertisment of a thing. Some can even keep wearing your ads until another opportunity present itself for them to get hired. Nobody is forcing them to wear the ad but it'll just be easier so avoid hiring users that aren't not wearing the ads. I did manage a campaign that I had to disqualified 3/4 users that weren't wearing the ad although they have been accepted. Some users apply in so many campaign that they take the slot meant for other and make project lose days of publicity. Hope you understand what I'm trying to mean here.

[UserU]

I remembered seeing a similar thread some time back... not sure who created that.

Because that one had yahoo answering (when he is known to impose that rule).

[Macadonian]

Signature campaigns could exploit this by taking their time accepting the applications but requiring them to change their signature before accepting and then some people might forget. If the signature campaign does not have that requirement and the member is doing it at of their own will then I would say they are trying to persuade the signature campaign manager to accept them and not sure its the right thing to do.

[Findingnemo]

As long as its okay for the users then its not a big thing, even I used to wear signatures before applying to any campaign since I only apply when my signature space is free. Campaign manager can change the rule if they want and forum can't enforce any rules regarding the signature worn by the members if its not a NSFW content.

[Jet Cash]

I don't think you should advertise a product that you don't use and like. If you think it is beneficial, then you should be pleased to advertise it. If you don't use or know the product, then you shouldn't risk your reputation by being associated with it.

[Macadonian]

I don't think you should advertise a product that you don't use and like. If you think it is beneficial, then you should be pleased to advertise it. If you don't use or know the product, then you shouldn't risk your reputation by being associated with it.

For people to do this we first need to hold people responsible for advertising services that scam because it is clear that they did not use the service just advertised it to fill their pockets.

[Pmalek]

Signature campaigns could exploit this by taking their time accepting the applications but requiring them to change their signature before accepting...

Yes, that's exactly right. I have never seen any off the well-known forum managers who manage bitcoin-paying signature campaigns do something like that, but there is a possibility that an outsider who is part of the team of a project attempts something like that. Make it a requirement to wear the signature and avatar when applying, and stating that the decision on who is accepted will be made one week from now. They could even take it one step further and request that the applicants like and follow the project's social media platforms. Once the deadline passes, they just disappear. And there you have it, one week of free advertising and increased social media activity.