Quote Originally Posted by r8ed
You can bet 1xBB and get better results without much loss of money. I had unmade hands yesterday and threw out 1xBB to see who was serious and half the time everyone (1-4 people) folded and just gave me the pot that I wasn't even expecting to win. If I got reraised high enough I just folded. This was a fairly tight table but you get the idea - I got the information I needed with little risk and folded out chasers.

If you have top pair, I think you should bet 1/2 to 1 times the pot. Then you will really know who's for real.
This can be a real problem though. If I sat with you and thought you were min-betting just for information, but betting more any time you had anything real, I'd raise your min-bets every single time.