The bounty participants are left hanging they are still waiting and they are still hoping for answers because on his last post in the bounty campaigns he promised to escrow the funds and possible continuation the campaign, it's like giving them false hope, participants would better look for other campaigns and stop hoping if he comes back only joined if he escrows the payment or you'll regret it later.
I do understand those hanged account because majority of them are being part of the campaign for couple of years now and still believe that the campaign will resume any time from now.
what i don't understand is that they can go on other campaign for a while because it is clear that they will remain part of the campaign once resumed and back to normal with escrowed funds.