You certainly have your finger on the pulse of FlyerTalkers!
I'll bet there's not a man jack or woman jane (to coin a new phrase?) among us - other than those self-serving "members" who would disagree with what has been said here so far. That would include me, wearing a member hat...
Maybe Carol should award 20,000 miles to the people in charge of completing the revised TOS, decreasing 5,000 miles for each month completion is delayed past the end of 2013. That might provide sufficient incentive to get it done.
Personally, I agree that self-promoting links subtract more value than they add to FT. In theory, such links could provide value in infrequent on-topic replies. In practice, the incidence of abuse far outpaces proper use. IMHO signatures are a major portion of value-reducing activity on FT. Content which virtually never adds value should be curtailed, whether that content be motivated by profit or passion.