What we can assure with that data is that there is no altcoin project there IIRC. That's probably what it was then, more casinos, more campaigns.
Altcoin projects usually go for bounty campaigns over signature or ads auction. You also have to factor in that theymos filters auctions he accepts so there are those who applied without being accepted.
In the past, there were a bunch of signature campaigns for altcoins that paid BTC, the most successful ones did that. IIRC, that was during the preICO period and then came 2018, the bear market, and most of them died. But as for the auction for the forum ad slot, you're right.
There was even an altcoin signature campaign that paid in bitcoin, during their pre sale earlier this year and base on the report of the CM it really did well
[The END] SWGT Signature Campaign 🔥 Binance #SWGT & CERTIK AuditedIt nicely shows the difference between the real world, where $669 is a lot of money, and the ICO/Defi/NFT/Ordinal money grabbers, where $100 million is nothing.
Exactly my point.
In general though, like everything in the universe, the situation will be stabilised and everything will be in great equilibrium.
It’s a matter of time, perhaps a lot of time, but it will!
I doubt there will ever be equilibrium, this's the ironic thing about life, people will often move to where the money is and that's why we see the meme frenzy era going on now, while last year it was ordinals. These projects may not consider this forum as a serious marketing point, maybe because of the legitimacy or transparency of their project and what entirely the project is actually about, but those which are legitimate and transparent often will see here as good marketing point.