Your comment is inspiring. Participating in forums is not just to earn money but to develop one's perspective and a boro matter. If joining a forum means just trying to rank, that would be deviating from the real purpose of the forum. The main purpose of our presence in the forum should be to create a place of learning and growth where we can share our thoughts and ideas with other members.
You can start your forum journey one way or another, but if you manage to avoid breaking forum rules, and can rank up, join campaigns for money, it's all good.
Even you joined the forum with money-incentivized purpose, with time you can change yourself and become a good member of the forum. Everyone can change and if you can change yourself in a positive way, it's good for you and for forum community too. Because if you upgrade yourself to be a more knowledgeable and helpful member, the forum community will have more contributions from you.
An example is
fillippone.
His reason to join the forum and how he became one of good forum members, not only in merits.