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2005-03-08, 01:19 PM | #1 |
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Sig Whores, What Do You Think?
In my travels to other boards, I see an awful lot of sig whores. We are lucky enough to not see many here and when we do, we get rid of them quickly. So, for the boards, do you think these whores help or hurt? For the programs they promote, do sponsors actually make any money from people that only post a few words to get their sig seen? And for the whores, is this their only business? Are they really making a living by posting 100s of times/day on boards?
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2005-03-08, 01:30 PM | #2 |
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I know that some people are posting these large amounts hoping it will increase their PR with Google. And maybe once it did.
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2005-03-08, 01:39 PM | #3 | |
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2005-03-08, 01:48 PM | #4 |
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Sig whores are just as bad being a spammer imo. You have these "characters" who contribute nothing meaningful to the board and post so often you have to wonder if they are really webmasters at all. Whats worse is these other board owners who encourage it by paying nickels for every post in an attempt to be the most "active" board. Sad, really.
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you havent got enought spam yet lol I totally agree however Consider that "JuicyLinks" guy from gfy - everyone has seen that guy posting - and I dont know about you lot but everytime I have seen a post from that guy it has been a couple of lines of complete shit and then a pic of himself followed by his 600 pixel high sig - it is completely and utterly insane how about the guys with 500k sig files? Yes thats right, I have seen with my own eyes at least a dozen guys with sigs that are 500k to 1meg in size madness
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2005-03-09, 07:07 AM | #6 | |
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And as for sponsors making money from sigs all over...i dont think so...its mainly for branding... |
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2005-03-08, 01:34 PM | #7 |
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I know someone who at gfy has referred over 300 webmasters from his gfy sig alone - ofcourse that is an enormous amount of posting but it is a fact that continual board whoring will get people to click on your sig - assuming it is interesting enuf to click on ofcourse. Do people make money on their sigs? HELL YEAH. Is it enuf to live on? i think that depends, it is all relative imo
Unfortunatly for the people that use the boards to network professionally and gather information these 'board whores' definatly fuck it for the rest of us as we have to read thru so much shit to find anything worthwhile just my opinion and thank fuck you guys have the sig rules
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2005-03-08, 04:59 PM | #8 | |
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2005-03-09, 01:56 PM | #9 | |
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2005-03-11, 07:20 AM | #10 |
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the Sig whore shit used to drive me nutso espceially the sig proggies like sigswap etc who are leeches on every board there is.
To combat the sigswap programs and sponsors who refuse to advertise on message boards and run scammy fucking sig shit to get around advertising we just made a compeition Every person that runs our sponsors sigs is elgible to win a piece of about a thosuand bucks each month, so allthough we couldnt beat the sigwhores we now have about 150 of our own signwhores that run our board sponsors sigs exclusively. |
2005-03-08, 02:17 PM | #11 |
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So, who do you guys think is the worse whore of all time?
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2005-03-08, 02:17 PM | #12 |
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Everyone needs to make money somehow.
I have a bit more respect for sig whores then the bums panhandling at the corner 7/11. Then again I have no use for GFY and never go over there. |
2005-03-08, 02:20 PM | #13 |
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2005-03-08, 03:55 PM | #14 | |
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I think sig whores are to this biz what the bums panhandling on the corner are. They are a cancer to a board, just look at GFY. |
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2005-03-08, 02:22 PM | #16 |
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Simply put 'sigwhores' are a huge asset to a board. The more posts, the more popular a board seems, and the more people visit it. While I hate the idea of 'sigwhores' or 'postwhores' ..... unfortunately thats the model that seems to work.
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2005-03-08, 03:31 PM | #17 |
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Greenguy & Jim is #6 on Boardtracker without sigwhores and without paid posting.
IMO that speaks volumes.
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Isn't using sig whores to make a board seem more popular is kind of like using CJ2 to make a TGP seem more popular? A few people posting only to get their sig out may be a good thing but the bulk of board needs to have something real to get my time. |
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2005-03-08, 03:28 PM | #19 |
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LB - I have to disagree. The popularity of a board is sort like traffic and we all know that quantity does not equal quality.
SigWhores suck ass IMHO. They do nothing to contribute to the community & are only there to leech of the "popularity" of the board. We could easily be on the top of the list by letting every Tom, Dick & Harry post whatever mindless topic spewed into their heads. But I like being #6 I think this board (and a few others that have legit rules) are a much better place to get business done, get straight answers to legit questions, bounce ideas off each other, etc. |
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2005-03-08, 04:39 PM | #21 | |
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2005-03-08, 11:12 PM | #22 | |
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When you have an increase in activity you attract more regular contributors, and your visitors vist more frequently. Eg, i can look at GG&J 2 times a week and take in all the discussions and threads quite easily. You get me hitting your forum twice and only seeing 2 sets of banners etc etc. I hit netpond constantly, and its not because there is more business related content ... but because its always moving. I just believe sigwhores are a necessary evil. |
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2005-03-08, 11:52 PM | #23 |
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I think it's cool when I have to scroll just to read a banner in a sig
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2005-03-09, 02:58 AM | #24 |
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Back when I did frequent a certain three-letter board, I surfed with sigs turned off, the whoring was so bad. At the time there was enough decent content to make a visit worthwhile. Now, that is not the case (IMO). Whether the proliferation of sig-whores contributed, I'll leave to you, gentle reader, to decide.
PS - see...naw, I won't go there. I'm too busy whoring for a custom title and a Buddy Christ. |
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I like having the variety of categories here, but most people that are new to the board just default themselves to this forum without poking around a bit 1st, which is why we see these Sig Whores annoying us from time to time. |
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