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. Many of the high-ranking members today probably had their spark from those early opportunities.
You didn't lie on that. It's very discouraging this day to see that low ranked members hardly get into campaigns anymore. It's rare to find campaigns that even accept Full Member rank now. I got my first campaign as a Member rank barely two months getting here. Then, ranking up was very easy without the merit thing. All that was needed was being active and make posts. Activities were the requirement for ranking up then. As a Member rank, pay rate was even higher than what Legendary members get paid now. Member rank got paid between 0.009 BTC to 0.01 BTC/week. It wasn't much then but it was still something that aided some of us to get actively involved investing into altcoins and all that. Looking back now, that pay rate is over $1k weekly in today's value 🙆