And what would the section be left with if all of those posts were deleted? Most of the good stuff! That's why all of those shitposts should be reported when you see them--and I'm not saying you need to go out of your way to look for them, but if you're reading threads in sections like Bitcoin Discussion you're inevitably going to come across them. It only takes a few seconds to report a garbage post to the mods and then your part is done.
I just made a post in Meta about the quality of posts in Economics deteriorating lately and asked whether this might be due to an increase in signature campaigns and/or bounties. I don't follow the Services section (or the bounty one), so I don't have a good sense of how many are currently active. But it sure as hell seems like those old "bitcoin has a bright future and is increasing day by day" posts are making a comeback.
Agreed. Much easier to digest what's going on without seeing the same thing posted over and over again.
But then, if this happens while
I'm an advertiser, I'd be pretty sad because I need them to spread my brand
If you're referring to the number of signature campaigns, you could check out the
Overview of Bitcointalk Signature-Ad Campaigns by Mitchell. I won't bother with bounties because they're aplenty and I doubt anyone has the time to make a compilation AFAIK.
But it sure as hell seems like those old "bitcoin has a bright future and is increasing day by day" posts are making a comeback.
Tell me about it.
Happened to stumble across one thread earlier today about "deciphering" the Bit from Bitcoin and one senior member expressed his exasperation because of this.