My money is on "anchor post". Put up a couple pointless but vaguely relevant posts. Get thru the gate, if you will. A couple weeks later when nobody's looking anymore, tack in the spam link signature. We'll see.
Exactly. The posts are "in the neighborhood" of being appropriate for the forum, which makes them less likely to get deleted and the account less likely to be banned. I'll bet you my next Spam Police paycheck from the Watch ( ) that you'll see a spam link signature added in the next 2 weeks.
Some forums have toplists with who has the most post, who has the least post, who has the most thumbed up posts and so on... come to think of it... it's better than a lot of the new games gameplay