Not sad at all Tom, in fact I'm not sure this sig-rent stuff is a good idea at all.
It appears to me now after listening close to whats been said here and checking out the basic concept of this around the net, that all it really promotes is motivation for spammers to post in every thread possible, without any knowledge of, interest in, respect for, or even concern about the Topic or original thread starter.
I also think now that the organizers encouraging n00bs with low cash flow to spam a forum 1000 posts a month to earn enough to reg 1 name is possibly criminal and at the very least totally counter-productive to the foundation and essence of any basic Forum concept, ie: "On Topic".
Now before the "thou doth protest too much" crowd zeros in with denials and or justification let me say this.... there are members renting sig space that HAVE NOT spammed or up'd their posts to earn more, in fact the thought would never even occur to them, as that would be wrong. And in review of thread after tread after thread looking for..(I really should get a life)
...patterns, the "purely for profit" posts and posters are all to obvious.
The innocent remain who they have always been, dedicated members with content and fore-thought about what and where they post.
This other crowd just fouls up the whole place.... period.
kid5150
