I have a proposal for a rule that would eradicate a vast majority of the cancer on /v/.
It's simple: Ban anyone who posts just to try to get dubs in a thread, but doesn't sage.
Exceptions should be in threads made specifically for GETs, but outside of that, there are a staggering number of people who make posts like "check em" and "check my dubs" yet instead of derailing/killing threads they are bumping them and keeping them alive.
Most of the time, if you tell these people "you forgot your sage", they'll say something like ">not bumping a dubs thread". So, the only way to get rid of this cancer is to ban these people.
I implore you to do this, because I strongly believe that most of the cancer on /v/ would be swept away if this were to be enforced.