I thought newbies won't allow any bounty campaign, it must be a jr. member rank, AFAIK.
minimum acceptable rank would be Member +; it's the only way to eliminate a slew of newbie farms.
What do you think if there's a new rule that newbies won't allow to run bounty campaigns and also there are merit and rank requirements the same as the bounty participants?
Theymos don't care what happens in the bounty section because it doesn't benefit the forum financially. It's an independent business, and only the campaign managers can set a certain set of rules, but the community still has the right to fight dishonesty by informing and suggesting managers rules, and anyone who does not follow it may face some sort of punishment...
At the same time, seeing that the newcomer has the first post in the bounty section, it becomes clear that this is not a newbie but someone else's alt. And then the "catch me if you can" game begins.
Haha, no genuine newbie will find his way to the bounty sections on his first day, isn't that one of the forum's hidden sub-boards? It was one of my key findings alts back then. Hah