How did the whole "Sig Whore" craze get started? - GoFuckYourself.com

Ramos · 10-19-2006, 09:48 AM

What program was the first to pay?

What's the History of it all?

tytyguy · 10-19-2006, 09:49 AM

sig spot....biotch

pr0 · 10-19-2006, 09:52 AM

actually...it started with "groups" like BP4L & PG4L

boneprone came first.....but i still claim 2nd place ; )

atleast thats the GFY history, i'm sure someone on 0pr4n0 or another board had a fleet before us

Kimo · 10-19-2006, 09:55 AM

i bet juicy knows

Ramos · 10-19-2006, 10:02 AM

I heard ARS started it

tranza · 10-19-2006, 10:03 AM

There was a program that paid you for sig impressions.... I can't remember the name right now... Way before ARS...

After that a few companies started buying sigs and the sig market was born, along with the sig whores of course...

Mayor · 10-19-2006, 10:05 AM

4 or 5 years ago I paid any affiliate 25 bucks to put us in their sig. Those were the cheap old days ;)

AaronM · 10-19-2006, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Mayor

4 or 5 years ago I paid any affiliate 25 bucks to put us in their sig. Those were the cheap old days ;)

And FREE isn't cheap enough for you?

Fine....I'll be invoicing you for $25.00 now.

Project-Shadow · 10-19-2006, 10:17 AM

The way the market is at the moment, people are lucky to get $25

tranza · 10-19-2006, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Project-Shadow

The way the market is at the moment, people are lucky to get $25

I don't think so... A lot of surfers are baking from their sigs right now like squisypimp....

Not to mention all the contest threads that are usually won by surfers...

Nylz · 10-19-2006, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by tranza

A lot of surfers are banking from their sigs right now like squisypimp....

define 'banking'...

LadyMischief · 10-19-2006, 10:38 AM

Swoit sigwhores!?

Dirty F · 10-19-2006, 10:41 AM

I explained this already a few times. How the sig hype on gfy got started:

I had a small contest out of boredom and i said the winner would get my sig for a month or whatever. Nobody was interested i think because back then being in someones sig isnt what it is today. Anyway, someone won, dont recall who.

He didnt claim his prize so i made a post asking that person what he wanted in my sig. Sleazydream read that post and thought i sold my sig. So he then made a thread about it and thats when it all started.

Wizzo · 10-19-2006, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Franck

I explained this already a few times. How the sig hype on gfy got started:

I had a small contest out of boredom and i said the winner would get my sig for a month or whatever. Nobody was interested i think because back then being in someones sig isnt what it is today. Anyway, someone won, dont recall who.

He didnt claim his prize so i made a post asking that person what he wanted in my sig. Sleazydream read that post and thought i sold my sig. So he then made a thread about it and thats when it all started.

That was after the ARS dialer which skinned all the boards, and were paying wasn't it...

Dirty F · 10-19-2006, 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Wizzo

That was after the ARS dialer which skinned all the boards, and were paying wasn't it...

I think this was LONG before anyone skinned the board. Yes im sure actually.

Doctor Dre · 10-19-2006, 10:46 AM

There were couple sigs sold here and there. But it really started when Lars and Lens started offering hte big bucks

Sean · 10-19-2006, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Doctor Dre

There were couple sigs sold here and there. But it really started when Lars and Lens started offering hte big bucks

i remember lars really starting the craze on it.

chupachups · 10-19-2006, 10:51 AM

>>>>>>>>>>>swoit<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Dirty F · 10-19-2006, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by chupachups

>>>>>>>>>>>swoit<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Man sigs were sold waaayy before that. Seriously, that post by Sleazy got it rolling. He was like i wonder how much i can get for my sig and i guess someone paid a crazy amount for it.

RawAlex · 10-19-2006, 10:55 AM

Sig whoring in the end is all about companies attempting to get more advertising and more exposure for less money. If GFY charges, say, $1000 a month for a banner spot at the top (in rotation), and you can pay some bored semi-surfer $200 to come in and post 100 messages a day with your banner on it, you are likely getting the same level of coverage and exposure for way less money.

GFY has attempted to regulate this situation by only allowing board sponsors to run larger banners, but that hasn't stopped the sig-hos from finding ways to create small but effective messages to make them their money.

Sig hos are the Zangos of chat boards.

Paul · 10-19-2006, 10:55 AM

Lars was the one who started buying up lots of webmasters sigs as an advertising experiment which was successful for him at the time. Then it just continued, at the time it was webmasters selling their sigs but now we have a ridiculous amount of sigwhores.

All sigwhores should be banned, they are not webmasters and should not even be allowed to post here. They have got to be the worst form of advertising EVER, talk about seriously diluting the content of a webmaster board

Paul · 10-19-2006, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Irish Pimp

i remember lars really starting the craze on it.

Worst craze EVER

Worked well for him though

gooddomains · 10-19-2006, 10:57 AM

sig spotting

KMR Stitch · 10-19-2006, 10:59 AM

Swoi Tswoit Swoit Swoit Swoit

KMR Stitch · 10-19-2006, 10:59 AM

Swoi Tswoit Swoit Swoit Swoit

Dirty F · 10-19-2006, 11:00 AM

I wouldnt mind if all sigs would be disabled...this wont happen though.

Sean · 10-19-2006, 11:01 AM

http://www.gofuckyourself.com/showthread.php?t=157868

chupachups · 10-19-2006, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Franck

Man sigs were sold waaayy before that. Seriously, that post by Sleazy got it rolling. He was like i wonder how much i can get for my sig and i guess someone paid a crazy amount for it.

Yupp, you are right but small time sigwhoring was invented by the above mentioned I would say. When did the whole Swoit-era take place, autumn 2002 or something?

polish_aristocrat · 10-19-2006, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Franck

I wouldnt mind if all sigs would be disabled...this wont happen though.

you'd lose your sig money !

Dirty F · 10-19-2006, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by polish_aristocrat

you'd lose your sig money !

NO SHIIITTT???

Klen · 10-19-2006, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Franck

NO SHIIITTT???

HE MUST BE KIDDING.Btw gfy is not only forum where you can sell your sig,on any big traffic forum sig can be sold even on mainstream forums.

pr0 · 10-19-2006, 11:19 AM

Boneprone started it franck....but i'm sure in your delusional little mind-world...you started it all.

fuzebox · 10-19-2006, 11:20 AM

Wasn't it TCG who had a bunch of extra money they had to write off, so they started paying people 25 cents a post?

Juicy D. Links · 10-19-2006, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Irish Pimp

i remember lars really starting the craze on it.

Lars brought that to a new level!!!! thx to him i have made some crazy money for doing nadda

Dirty F · 10-19-2006, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by pr0

Boneprone started it franck....but i'm sure in your delusional little mind-world...you started it all.

I said Sleazy started it you idiot. Try reading before you bash me. I told you this before i think.

Paul · 10-19-2006, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Franck

I wouldnt mind if all sigs would be disabled...this wont happen though.

If GFY did want to clamp down on sig whores then all they would need to do is stop links in sigs from being clickable. This would mean that everyone could still have a URL in their sig but webmasters would actually have to copy and paste the URL into their browser to view the site.

That way you have the best of both worlds, you can still know what sites webmasters run and it makes sigwhoring more or less pointless because they'll only be able to drive a fraction of the traffic to the sponsor they are promoting in their sig

SleazyDream · 10-19-2006, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Project-Shadow

The way the market is at the moment, people are lucky to get $25

depends on who they are - i still get offers for $2K for mine - havn't wanted to sell it in years though

SomeCreep · 10-19-2006, 11:42 AM

2 words: sig market

madawgz · 10-19-2006, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Project-Shadow

The way the market is at the moment, people are lucky to get $25

sorry, but you have no idea what the market is right now

xxxice · 10-19-2006, 11:53 AM

I didn't read any replies but the answer is Lars

LiveDose · 10-19-2006, 12:00 PM

See sig

Ramos · 10-19-2006, 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by LiveDose

See sig

Good responses so far

BigCashCrew · 10-19-2006, 12:49 PM

didn't likewhoa give away free hosting back in the day in return for a sig spot? I'm not sure who started it but it's been around for a while.

Ramos · 10-19-2006, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by BigCashCrew

didn't likewhoa give away free hosting back in the day in return for a sig spot? I'm not sure who started it but it's been around for a while.

O'RLY???

jayeff · 10-19-2006, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Ramos

What program was the first to pay?

What's the History of it all?

No idea who started it, but it rescued many boards from extinction and - for better or worse - made a board like GFY possible. Let's face it... probably fewer than 5% of the posts on this or any other board would appear if sigs were banned and/or people were not paid to post.

marketsmart · 10-19-2006, 03:54 PM

everyone seems to be selling their sigs these days...

Spunky · 10-19-2006, 04:45 PM

I post for beer

reynold · 10-19-2006, 06:29 PM

It started when someone got bored and decided to devote their whole life posting on various boards.

OG LennyT · 10-19-2006, 06:33 PM

Lars started the craze

madawgz · 10-19-2006, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by reynold

It started when someone got bored and decided to devote their whole life posting on various boards.

orly?

10-19-2006, 09:48 AM	#1
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pr0 rockin tha trailerpark Industry Role: Join Date: May 2001 Location: ~Coastal~ Posts: 23,088	actually...it started with "groups" like BP4L & PG4L boneprone came first.....but i still claim 2nd place ; ) atleast thats the GFY history, i'm sure someone on 0pr4n0 or another board had a fleet before us __________________ __________ Loadedca$h - get sum! - Revengebucks - mmm rebills! - webair (gotz sErVrz) Last edited by pr0; 10-19-2006 at 09:53 AM..

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10-19-2006, 10:03 AM	#6
tranza ICQ: 197-556-237 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: BRASIL !!! Posts: 57,559	There was a program that paid you for sig impressions.... I can't remember the name right now... Way before ARS... After that a few companies started buying sigs and the sig market was born, along with the sig whores of course... __________________ I'm just a newbie.

10-19-2006, 09:49 AM	#2
tytyguy So Fucking Banned Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Anywhere u want Posts: 983	sig spot....biotch

10-19-2006, 10:05 AM	#7
Mayor Confirmed User Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 497	4 or 5 years ago I paid any affiliate 25 bucks to put us in their sig. Those were the cheap old days ;)

10-19-2006, 10:17 AM	#9
Project-Shadow Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 7,340	The way the market is at the moment, people are lucky to get $25

10-19-2006, 10:38 AM	#12
LadyMischief Orgasms N Such! Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Oakville, Ontario Posts: 18,135	Swoit sigwhores!? __________________ ICQ 3522039 Content Manager - orgasm.com [email protected]

10-19-2006, 10:41 AM	#13
Dirty F Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 59,204	I explained this already a few times. How the sig hype on gfy got started: I had a small contest out of boredom and i said the winner would get my sig for a month or whatever. Nobody was interested i think because back then being in someones sig isnt what it is today. Anyway, someone won, dont recall who. He didnt claim his prize so i made a post asking that person what he wanted in my sig. Sleazydream read that post and thought i sold my sig. So he then made a thread about it and thats when it all started.

10-19-2006, 10:51 AM	#18
chupachups Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Sweden/Spain you sum bitch! Posts: 6,576	>>>>>>>>>>>swoit<<<<<<<<<<<<<< __________________

10-19-2006, 10:55 AM	#20
RawAlex So Fucking Banned Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: In a house. Posts: 9,465	Sig whoring in the end is all about companies attempting to get more advertising and more exposure for less money. If GFY charges, say, $1000 a month for a banner spot at the top (in rotation), and you can pay some bored semi-surfer $200 to come in and post 100 messages a day with your banner on it, you are likely getting the same level of coverage and exposure for way less money. GFY has attempted to regulate this situation by only allowing board sponsors to run larger banners, but that hasn't stopped the sig-hos from finding ways to create small but effective messages to make them their money. Sig hos are the Zangos of chat boards.

10-19-2006, 10:55 AM	#21
Paul Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 2,637	Lars was the one who started buying up lots of webmasters sigs as an advertising experiment which was successful for him at the time. Then it just continued, at the time it was webmasters selling their sigs but now we have a ridiculous amount of sigwhores. All sigwhores should be banned, they are not webmasters and should not even be allowed to post here. They have got to be the worst form of advertising EVER, talk about seriously diluting the content of a webmaster board

10-19-2006, 10:57 AM	#23
gooddomains Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Netherlands Posts: 10,127	sig spotting

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KMR Stitch I am cool Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 14,494	Swoi Tswoit Swoit Swoit Swoit

10-19-2006, 11:00 AM	#26
Dirty F Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 59,204	I wouldnt mind if all sigs would be disabled...this wont happen though.

10-19-2006, 11:01 AM	#27
Sean revolutionforce.com Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: i moved from an ICQ box to a Skype box. left the skype box for a telegram box Posts: 2,909	http://www.gofuckyourself.com/showthread.php?t=157868 __________________ -sean skype: sean.a.christian sean @ revolutionforce.com

10-19-2006, 11:19 AM	#32
pr0 rockin tha trailerpark Industry Role: Join Date: May 2001 Location: ~Coastal~ Posts: 23,088	Boneprone started it franck....but i'm sure in your delusional little mind-world...you started it all.

10-19-2006, 11:20 AM	#33
fuzebox making it rain Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: seattle Posts: 22,185	Wasn't it TCG who had a bunch of extra money they had to write off, so they started paying people 25 cents a post?

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SomeCreep :glugglug Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Where the Wild Things Are Posts: 26,118	2 words: sig market __________________ Webair Hosting I use and recommend Webair for hosting.

10-19-2006, 11:53 AM	#40
xxxice Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 5,042	I didn't read any replies but the answer is Lars

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BigCashCrew Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,570	didn't likewhoa give away free hosting back in the day in return for a sig spot? I'm not sure who started it but it's been around for a while.

10-19-2006, 03:54 PM	#46
marketsmart HOMICIDAL TROLL KILLER Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sunnybrook Institution for the Criminally Insane Posts: 20,419	everyone seems to be selling their sigs these days...

10-19-2006, 04:45 PM	#47
Spunky I need a beer Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: ♠ Toiletville ♠ Posts: 133,951	I post for beer __________________ *YOUR INFORMATION HERE*

10-19-2006, 06:29 PM	#48
reynold Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Global Traveler Posts: 51,271	It started when someone got bored and decided to devote their whole life posting on various boards.

10-19-2006, 06:33 PM	#49
OG LennyT Wall Street Pimp Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 14,345	Lars started the craze __________________ Tradeking - my online broker \| 4.95 a trade \| make real $$