One thing I discovered is that in the past, there used to be signature campaigns that at least Jr. Members could join. It wasn’t just about the earnings. I believe these campaigns encouraged newcomers to read more, research, write better posts, and participate in meaningful discussions.
Oh hell no. I'm not sure why exactly you believe that, but signature campaigns have basically acted as the biggest billboard advertisement you've ever seen in your life. Imagine everyone in the world can see it, it's that big. And what it says is:
"WRITING JOBS AVAILABLE, NO PROFICIENCY IN WRITING OR KNOWLEDGE OR EVEN INTEREST IN BITCOIN REQUIRED. COME ONE, COME ALL!!"And it's typically been the lower-ranked members who've made this place so polluted with crap. So if it's true that there aren't any campaigns with spots for Jr. Members (I haven't looked at what campaigns are available in a long time), then I tip my fedora to whoever made that happen.
OP, I'm not sure if you're really a newbie, since I never trust newbies who write posts like yours, but on the off chance you are, why don't you go back to December 2017, right before the merit system was fired onto the forum like a ballistic missile. You'll see that there were tons of members with alt accounts talking to each other in the same thread, cheating in campaigns, more zero-quality posts than interesting ones and much more. It was a nightmare for those of us who love bitcointalk. All of it is still there for anybody to read.