How engaging was the forum without signature campaign?

[xLays]

I'm curious to know this, how was the forum before signature campaign became a thing in the forum? I know it's possible that a lot of people are active almost everyday on the forum and are iether engaging in real discussions or sometimes trying to meet up with thier post requirements and a lot of others like myself whose journey is still at the development phase would want to get some sort of encouragement that will keep us going with or without being a part of any signature campaign.

I just want to know, what was the engagement like in the forum discussion before signature campaign and how has the Advent of signature campaign affected the forum? Is it positively or negatively?

Should there cease to be signature campaign on the forum, what's likely the effect it will have on an average member of the forum?

I think that regardless of whether there are signature campaigns happening here on Bitcointalk, it would still be engaging and many people would still use bitcointalk. The purpose of bitcointalk was not just for signature campaigns. One example is posting in the service board about services a person can offer, like design, project management and other services. If I’m not mistaken, one of the busiest sections or boards here on bitcointalk in the past was the service section, which had many opportunities to earn, not just through signature campaigns. If you remember, there were also Twitter and Facebook campaigns that you could only apply for here on bitcointalk.

[Dzwaafu11]

I just want to know, what was the engagement like in the forum discussion before signature campaign and how has the Advent of signature campaign affected the forum? Is it positively or negatively?

Should there cease to be signature campaign on the forum, what's likely the effect it will have on an average member of the forum?

I knew about the forum before the signature campaign got implemented, but even without it, I don’t have any way of creating an account. I was just coming to the forum to read some topics and reply to them, and nothing more than that, and I realised that there were not many quality posts compared to when the signature campaign came in, although by then you wouldn't see too many people spamming a thread.

 But now many people are doing that just to meet the post-quarter deadline that their signature campaign needed to get paid, and that is why you will see that small thread with many people replying to it. Most of them are just repeating what has been said, but the signature campaign is not like that. The difference, I think, is that there are more quality posts now than when there is no signature campaign, and the forum is also more active than when there are no signature campaigns. 

[Luzin]

The difference, I think, is that there are more quality posts now than when there is no signature campaign, and the forum is also more active than when there are no signature campaigns.

I have not known this forum for a long time. I had never heard of the forum story before the existence of Signature. So I don't understand but I'm just predicting.

Maybe this forum will be a little lonely, except for people who are actively seeking knowledge and sharing. But if you look at the purpose of Satoshi creating a forum is to discuss Bitcoin, but in the development of this forum it has become extraordinary with the addition of some rules.

With the existence of Signature and the rules from the manager, it also helps to improve the quality of discussions. In addition, Merit also influences, because ranking increases are not only seen from the many posts made.  

[mu_enrico]

how has the Advent of signature campaign affected the forum? Is it positively or negatively?

If it's done right it should affect the Bitcoin economy positively, and probably signature campaigns along with the services board are the thing that made Bitcoin strong today since it was the forerunner of "cryptocurrency" trades.

So it's not only about the posts but the economy itself in the beginning (based on my humble observation).

Should there cease to be signature campaign on the forum, what's likely the effect it will have on an average member of the forum?

If it stops today then this forum would lose most of its activity since most members participate in the economy in various ways, such as designers, campaign managers, signature participants, etc. Basically, the forum needs content and only an extremely small percentage of members will provide it for free. Without an incentive, maybe people will still log in but as a silent reader, and if this continues, economic activities along with the discussions will take place in other places eventually.

[AprilioMP]

Actually, I was also curious about a forum without a signature campaign, but after seeing the picture here I realized that the forum was empty of posts.

I just want to know, what was the engagement like in the forum discussion before signature campaign and how has the Advent of signature campaign affected the forum? Is it positively or negatively?

I see more of the positive.

Should there cease to be signature campaign on the forum, what's likely the effect it will have on an average member of the forum?

There is influence, but it depends on each user in their activities on the forum. If users are active in forums hoping to get paid from signature campaigns, perhaps their level of activeness in discussions here will decrease.

[SOKO-DEKE]

I just want to know, what was the engagement like in the forum discussion before signature campaign and how has the Advent of signature campaign affected the forum? Is it positively or negatively?

Should there cease to be signature campaign on the forum, what's likely the effect it will have on an average member of the forum?

Before I was introduced to this forum by one of my friends, the signature campaign was already available in the forum. So, I can't really say much about the forum before the signature was introduced. However, what I do know is that there were people active on the forum before the signature campaign. From my current perspective, if people were not always active in the forum and having better discussions, I don't think those companies promoting their services would have done so.

The truth about the signature campaign in the forum is that it has both advantages and disadvantages. There is a positive impact as well as a negative impact. If there were no introduction of the signature campaign, I don't think there would be as many members in the forum as there are now. Especially some rate of set of members who continue contributing significantly to the forum. Also, if there were no signature campaign, I don't think there would be as much spamming as there is currently, because members would only reply or post what they don't know,but as signature campaign available some members are looking for way to meet up their signature requirement.

[Lucius]

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On the other hand, I really believe that Signature Campaigns did good to the quality of Posts.  While I see many Members simply being echo chambers of other Members, there are many who write constructive ideas and Posts.

There is no doubt about it, people will always try to show themselves in the best light if it means that they will be recognized as top posters, which also means that they will very likely become members of the best paid campaigns. One of the best examples is the CM campaign which lasted for years and had above average pay rates, and many members who had no chance of being accepted due to their low rank often applied there and hoped that one day they would be part of the campaign.

It's undeniable that with signature campaigns nowadays, people become more eager and interested to participate in the forum and rank up so they can qualify for a signature campaign participant. With that, there's high chances that the forum becomes more crowded and spammers and low quality posters have been increasing in number in the forum.
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The interest still exists, but it is much less than 6+ years ago, considering that today we have a merit system, which nevertheless proved to be a significant obstacle for the majority of spammers. This does not mean that there are no spammers, but it means that it is very difficult for them to progress, especially to some higher ranks.

[AYOBA]

I just want to know, what was the engagement like in the forum discussion before signature campaign and how has the Advent of signature campaign affected the forum? Is it positively or negatively?

The activities a person need to have before engaged in this forum is not that much, first thing person need to have before rank off in this forum which is also very important is the merits system and activities their the one that will lead you to become a full member. Then from the full member rank you can able to apply any signature that is available at that moment, that means if the manager of that signature is required a full member slot.

Should there cease to be signature campaign on the forum, what's likely the effect it will have on an average member of the forum?

Assume that that there's know more signature compaign again in this forum, many of users will be relax, because they will not post regular the way their making a daily post when they're in campaign. The fact is that some can even spend a month before visit this forums, because if you observe some users in this forum if there campaign is ended or has been removed in the compaign they won't make a regular post again till after they get another signature.

[Stepstowealth]

Without signature campaigns I believe a majority of people would eventually quit.

Take a lot at Altcoinstalk and how that forum was without signature campaigns, discussions were poor and even people who started topics, some did not see any need to express themselves well sometimes. Incentives from signature campaigns have increased the activity in the forum, and made the forum better. For some signature campaigns you have to be a very quality writer to be accepted into it so this drives quality here, and every user would want to write properly to make themselves eligible.

[moneystery]

you have seen how people who previously joined the signature campaign regularly post every day, but when they are not in the campaign, their posting frequency starts to decrease, it shows how the signature campaign is a motivation for some users to post here. and if the signature campaign is removed from this forum, maybe you will see how this forum goes back to its old days where only people who are really enthusiastic about bitcoin interact here, and maybe you will see sections like gambling discussions will drastically reduce their activity, because most of the signature campaigns here are supported by gambling platforms.

[Coyster]

Should there cease to be signature campaign on the forum, what's likely the effect it will have on an average member of the forum?

The forum traffic will greatly reduce if signature campaigns cease to exist in the forum, earning from signature campaigns is an added incentive for users to post and contribute to discussions in the forum and there is no need for it to stop.

Some people would not admit it, but the desire to join campaigns has made a lot of users better posters, it has helped them to do better research about bitcoin, widened their knowledge of the network, and even improved their spelling and grammar, because if you hardly make quality posts, your chances of joining a campaign is so slim.

[albon]

I just want to know, what was the engagement like in the forum discussion before signature campaign and how has the Advent of signature campaign affected the forum? Is it positively or negatively?

Of course, the presence of signature campaigns has positively motivated members to contribute effectively and with high quality due to the financial incentive they receive through placing the signature and avatar of the platform or the company that finances the campaign and earning some money through the constructive posts that they publish in the forum.

It is worth mentioning that even without signature campaigns, the forum has many other benefits and advantages, such as learning, meaningful discussions, gaining experience, making friends around the world, and even finding job opportunities. In my view, the financial factor is not the basis for the continued survival of members to remain active here; it might be one of the secondary factors. The psychological factor of being a contributor to the main Bitcoin forum, which has been contributed to by prominent figures, early developers, founders of crypto, and leading industry companies, is indeed a significant motivation and factor.

[Questat]

Should there cease to be signature campaign on the forum, what's likely the effect it will have on an average member of the forum?

Many Members would not Post much if at all, many of them would quit definitively.

On the other hand, I really believe that Signature Campaigns did good to the quality of Posts.  While I see many Members simply being echo chambers of other Members, there are many who write constructive ideas and Posts.

I would imagine the Forum would look so much simpler without the need for constructive Replies.  Have you ever seen the Comments section in a Reddit Thread?  That is how I imagine Bitcoin Talk Threads would look like.

Without signature campaigns, I think this whole forum will not be active and constructive as it is right now. Although there might be some who would stick with this forum and continue to post and share their own concepts and ideas, but the number of replies would never be as many as it is now. So having signature campaigns around bring more positive effects to the forum, aside from the profits around that these participants are also eager to receive in compensation for their quality and logical posts.

[Pokapoka124]

There will always be x number of low quality posts with or without signature campaigns. Signature campaigns are a reason why we see an increase in the amount of quality posts on the forum. People are more likely to put thought and time into their posts, and making constructive posts, when they are incentivized to do so. Money is a motivating factor for many of the active posters even if they refuse to admit it. But I do not see how that is a problem if you’re contributing to the forum.

[GiftedMAN]

Without signature campaigns I believe a majority of people would eventually quit.

Take a lot at Altcoinstalk and how that forum was without signature campaigns, discussions were poor and even people who started topics, some did not see any need to express themselves well sometimes. Incentives from signature campaigns have increased the activity in the forum, and made the forum better. For some signature campaigns you have to be a very quality writer to be accepted into it so this drives quality here, and every user would want to write properly to make themselves eligible.

You are correct but I think in the case of Altcointalk, people were not initially interested in posting there not because there were no signature campaigns but because they were already in a place where they are paid for making post by the signature campaigns so not being paid in another forum because too boring for them. I think the incentives gotten from the signature campaigns helps to motivate most of the members who are earning from the campaigns to keep visiting the forum and it also helps them to keep getting better in terms of the information they gather and share here and the traffic we get here most times is also as the results of the members who visit the forum to interact and do other businesses which they got as a result of becoming a member here.

[Woodie]

It's easy to draw to à conclusion that there was less activity on the forum as a result of no signature campaigns, but Bitcoin price too was low because it wasn't a popular digital asset at the time ...but I believe the forums numbers went over the roof when we had faucets, Airdrops which paid well at the time, ICOs and a whole lot of other factors that contributed to the forums popularity!!!

So signatures alone didn't bring in the numbers as far as I know, it was a collective effort but I think there is a correlation between BTC price going up and traffic coming to the forum!!

[Asiska02]

As I was not part of the forum during the time that they were no signature campaign up to the time that one first came to live, one cannot really tell how the activities was by then. But during the time one has spent in the forum, one can as well imagine what the forum will look like without signature campaigns. The morale reduce significantly when a person is no longer in signature campaigns with only few coming back to post more often in order to get back to a new campaign sooner or for the likeness to the forum as a place of discussion for them.

Users without signature campaigns are sometimes more susceptible to spamming and writing low quality posts compared to those that are in campaigns. Campaigns have made to filter spam posters from good posters and also improved the wiki of posting for many users. So if today, there are no more campaigns in the forum, I just imagine how this place will look like because engagement will definitely reduce drastically.

[Richbased]

I think the early members of the forum would have been in the best position to answer the question on how the forum was before signature campaigns but on a normal view, let's just be realistic because whatever we do and receive rewards it is believed that we give more concentration and energy to make sure that we keep getting such rewards so I believe that even if the forum was active in forum discussion but it can't be compared to when signature campaigns was introduced to the forum because you get to engage in forum discussion almost all day in order to meet up signature quota unlike in the past when you can decide to log in whenever you like and some people can stay for a very long time before logging in but with the introduction of signature campaigns users become more active and contributive to discussions in the forum.

However, it is important to understand that the success of any platform is determined by how productive members of such platforms are so we should engage in quality contributions even while we want to meet up post count for payments in the various signature campaigns we represent and see the payments as a form of bonus for spending time in the forum.

[Onyeeze]

I'm curious to know this, how was the forum before signature campaign became a thing in the forum? I know it's possible that a lot of people are active almost everyday on the forum and are iether engaging in real discussions or sometimes trying to meet up with thier post requirements and a lot of others like myself whose journey is still at the development phase would want to get some sort of encouragement that will keep us going with or without being a part of any signature campaign.

I just want to know, what was the engagement like in the forum discussion before signature campaign and how has the Advent of signature campaign affected the forum? Is it positively or negatively?

Should there cease to be signature campaign on the forum, what's likely the effect it will have on an average member of the forum?

I think that forum will be terrible before establishment of signature campaign in the forum, so I know quite well that forum is something that is interactive and major motive of the establishment of forum is to transpare the knowledge of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies who has been established and the one that has not be established to be know, so in that note, we have to understand that, look at in another side, their is some people who has being has dropped signature for like two or three years but their are still in bitcointalk to learn everyday of things that's related with bitcoin.

[Eternad]

I just want to know, what was the engagement like in the forum discussion before signature campaign and how has the Advent of signature campaign affected the forum? Is it positively or negatively?

Forum is worst when in terms of posting quality when I’m new here but signature campaign was available back then but has less rules when we talk about post quality. Signature campaign push everyone to become a better poster since it’s hard to be qualified nowadays for a spot if you don’t put effort on your post.

The effect of signature campaign is more on positive since it doesn’t tolerate spam. It’s less spam now compared before.

Should there cease to be signature campaign on the forum, what's likely the effect it will have on an average member of the forum?

But why? Signature campaign helps forum user to earn extra income especially for people who lives on 3rd world country like me.