- Is it only as of the appreciation from theymos to them? or It has special advantages like [get the priority to be accepted on a bounty campaign, or get a guarantee for something else]
No, IMO. The probability to get accepted in campaigns, especially high-paid ones that are competitive depends on some factors:
- Average post quality.
- Overal net-effects: should be positive (post quality is only one of them). Contribution in the art contest is only one of them but it is a minor one. Because it is in short term while net-effect is for long-term.
- Trust flags history.
There is no guarentee that a Legendary user will be accepted when applying in campaigns, and the same thing will be for only five users who have the art badge.
- Will the art badges be permanent? or just given for temporarily and will be disappeared someday?
If the Art badge is temporary, theymos would have not added in the forum, if you take into consideration when it happened, not within the period for April Fool.
There is no chance to see any kind of official financial priviledges with the art badge, of course except the payments for the art contest winners (one-time payments).
For managers, I strongly believe professional managers will not blindly look at art badge and automatically accept users who have that badge.