I have no idea what was the situation back then, but ever since I joined this forum and got into my first campaign (late 2019) I don't remember situation ever being better than it is now when it comes to signature campaigns. I remember situation being much tougher back in the late 2019 when even quality members that are now in some of the best paid campaigns of the forum had issues getting into any.
I've been here since 2015, and back then it seemed like there were tons of bitcoin-paying signature campaigns, and I'm not sure if there were even bounties back then because it was before the ICO craziness of 2017-18 (if someone could clue me in on that, I'd appreciate it). Yobit was running their first campaign, Secondstrade had theirs running, and pretty much anyone could get in to either of those. That being the case, you can imagine how many crap posts were being made--but that's for a different thread.
After the ICO market crashed and bitcoin tanked in 2018 it seemed like campaigns were drying up, and things got very competitive--and that's exactly what you described, where even older members were applying for low-paying ones and sometimes not even getting in. Right now I don't even have a sense of how many are running because I have signatures on ignore and I don't visit the Services section. If I'm right, most aren't paying that much nowadays, because if Chipmixer pays the most at $300/week, I think the rates were much higher back in the day.
Though fantasy is to accompany real life story. And I didn't see fantasy in your narration.
Then there must be a language barrier between us, because I stated it a few times in this thread (though you probably haven't read everything; the thread is getting longer by the day). Anyway, nobody has yet to reach out to me to suggest they'd be my housemate, so for right now it remains simply a fantasy. I'd like to make it a reality, but there are a lot of barriers to a person moving to a different country without a real job awaiting them there or with little savings, both of which apply to me.
Indonesia, eh? It's usually hot there, isn't it? How's the humidity?
I reached my friend in Indonesia,he explained that in Indonesia, the humidity ranges between 70℅ to 90%. This means that the place is hot, especially during the heat wave. He said the heat wave doesn't occur every time but if it starts you going to be indoors because the place is fucking hot, am going to find out about them cost of living, accommodation, ways of getting citizenship and good job then update you but i doubt if you going to be comfortable there .