Also it worth mentioning that in the GOLD campaign the requirements for the number of posts are much better (less spammy!) than for most other campaigns.
Most of participants are good users and not spammers. I see your names and recognize who you are on the forum.
The GOLD campaign is one of the successful campaigns for 2019 until now, many want to join this campaign, but the Bounty Manager selects each participant who wants to join.
Indeed. People don't aware of the campaign because it is not paid in BTC and it has not been shown in the Mitchell's topic. People who aware of it but fear to join because their doubts on legitimacy and validity of GOLD project.
But now more and more are interested in the GOLD campaign because it is proven to continue to pay, especially the new policy on extending the campaign period which initially ended in January 2020 and was changed to a time limit that was not specified or according to the agreement of the GOLD team.
Early comers will get acceptance easier as all campaigns. If people are lazy and don't investigate or don't do their works to discover about the projects or campaigns that they have interests in, they will miss the train, miss opportunities.