In my opinion, if the forum adjusted the rules about only full rank members being able to join the bounty then I'm sure less cheaters would be caught. This will obviously force every newbie to post something quality to rank up to full members and each and every one of them will no longer be able to go straight to the forum just to spam their social media with a new altcoin project.[/quote

You're very right here and i also supported that, there should be a supporting rules that can limit the engagement of newbies directly on the hunt for bounty since such is applicable in most signature campaign that you must be a member or full member as the case may be by the signature campaign rules before you can get enrolled for a campaign, when such is place on bounty sections as well, i think it will definitely go dome miles in reducing the ever increasing pumps on alts and the existing ones will not want to misbehave because they know what it takes to get 100 merits before joining a campaign.