Newbies aren't always experienced in the field of project managing, it's up to us to do research on the projects they are trying to get us to promote for them, spend time with the project and analysis is very well, then you will know if its worth taking the risk or not.
In fact, it is not so important who leads the announcement thread or who follows the community on the telegram.
Much more important is how developers behave, their technical background, and their marketing level. To understand this, it is enough to ask the right questions in the telegram channels, and everything will fall into place.