I agree with you. I think my posts in PD count a lot more than posts in Speculation, and even thought I'm the longest running DT member, I am lower than a specific user?

If you asked me to name the top users in the forum's history, I'd probably name 5. And your name was in the same league as Laszlo, Lauda, and Loyce. Therefore, you personally shouldn't worry about your status, as your name and reputation put you among the top. I just gave an example of who really sets the pace here on the forum. But at the same time, if there were two Vod on the forum, I'd choose the one who posts in the PD section.
Do you have that same criteria for all campaigns? Casino campaigns as well?
I understand where you're going with this, but you're missing the point that signature campaigns are 100% "product placement" advertising. That's why the campaigns I manage are mostly long-term... because my conversations with clients begin with the words, "It'll be wasted marketing dollars if you don't plan to be here for at least six months."
Advertising works when you see famous names day after day, when you don't skim a post but read it twice... over time, you subconsciously begin to perceive the advertised brand as exceptionally reliable precisely because you trust the author's name and content.
Furthermore, if you notice, there are no mega-threads in the technical sections... a question is asked... a couple of pages of discussion and that's it, the thread dies out because in technical sections you can't add gibberish to a constructive discussion.
Furthermore, the answers of tech-savvy users always appear on the first page, as their experience and knowledge allow them to quickly project an answer to a question. Therefore, if such people participate in your campaign, you will always be the undisputed leader here on the forum, even if your budget is several times smaller than your competitors.
By the way, among the gabling campaigns, Duelbits is currently the forum's driving force, as it includes exactly the kind of users I'm talking about. I try to maintain contact with such posters and always find a slot for them, even at the cost of removing another user from the campaign, as it's purely business. However, after eXch closed, I wasn't able to accommodate them all, so I had to work hard to find slots for them.