After 6 years I came back to the forum. frankly I didn't intend to enter this thread. but I wanted to talk after a hero member commented on my previous post. this site is not as popular as it used to be. 6 years ago not many people knew about bitcoin and everyone who knew was also visiting this site. many people have discovered bitcoin and alt coins but this site is not as attractive as it used to be. what do you think the reason is. i may be wrong but this is my opinion
At that time, ranking up was probably easy because there were no merit requirements. I guess it was somewhere it 2017 or later when the merit system was introduced. Judging from the old threads, it seems accounts buying/selling was a good thing, even moderators were doing account trading at that time. So, there was a nice chance to make some money just by farming accounts.
Fast forward to this date, you must post quality content to get merit, and only then can you rank up. If you have a ranked up account already, that does not give you a guarantee that you will be hired in signature campaigns. No signature campaign - no money.
Also, I think people made a lot of money doing bounties at that time.