As far I know, @In the silence has done the best he can, because the promised bounty token distribution day has come, of course he has to do something with gas fee to start the distribution. I think that's why he chose to ask the bounty participants to send gas fee to him, everything was smooth, distribution started even he did it manually. He even said he would return the remaining unused gas back to the owner. I'm truly fine with that.
I also saw him say on telegram, to stop sending eth as gas fee, but I don't think people care, because hunters want to get their token immediately.