I can speak both in favor of and against the signature campaign on this forum. While on one hand, they encourage posters in posting utmost quality posts since they are being paid and also encourage the posters in bringing new ideas to the forum they have certain downtrends before the introduction of merit system. You can consider this forum as an alternative to Youtube where the content creators are being paid based on their ad count from the videos they have posted and higher they are being paid the higher it passively encourages them to increase their quality of content making. I have been a member in various torrenting forums where uploading of movies, TV-Series, books and discussion around that has been the center point while they indeed lack consistency among the members.
Not most of the members would be around for 5 or 7 years creating quality content since they aren't being paid for it. They have been various instances in this forum where the shitposters were paid with
hundred thousand dollars for spamming this forum with translation shits and signature spamming (well I don't wan't to mention the bounties which paid hundred thousand dollars for shitposters to ruin the forum) If they aren't creating quality content or were of no use to other posters, I would argue that they shouldn't be paid even a single penny and that is happening perfectly after the introduction of Merits. If youtubers are getting paid for the content they generate which somehow educate or entertain the viewers, then posters getting paid here shouldn't be considered different.
It is more good if we see them since we become updated regarding to the new campaigns/projects/sites running in this forum.
This. I like new projects getting into picture and doing something for the community. I have been part of freebitco signature campaign and other few gambling companies which has done a lot more to the community of bitcoin in general. Freebitco has made me to earn the first satoshi and the parent company of the current signature which I am wearing is a popular exchange where I have traded btc and alts.