Anyone who leaves the forum cause they did not get the expected amount they wanted from a bounty campaign, would not be missed that much.
That was my first thought after reading OP's post, and it's not the first time the thought has entered my mind. It's not even the 10,000th.
Having bounty hunters buy a badge wouldn't solve anything. Hell, the merit system didn't even eradicate these fucking idiot shitposting bounty hunters (although it did make things much better). And believe me, OP, the problem and the many possible solutions have been discussed
many times over the last few years. I get that you're frustrated, but I have a feeling that this thread isn't going to lead to a new solution to the shitposting problem.