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 🙆
The rank restrictions help, but they are not the solution. The current value of those payments are not relevant as most of the shitposters sold the coin when they received them.
That’s a really thoughtful post. I agree with you signature campaigns back in the day were more than just a way to earn a bit of BTC. For many, they acted like training wheels, giving newcomers a reason to read more carefully, think critically, and improve the quality of their posts.
I don't think so, newcomers are more concerned about getting merit instead of qualifying for a campaign, although there's a chance they want to earn merit with a purpose to participate in signature campaign.
If newcomers come to this forum and looking for signature campaign, there are only two possibilities, either they're alt accounts or introduced by other people if they earn from this forum.
Most people that are already participating in signature campaigns are terrible posters, most of their content is junk and a harm to a normal person's brain. It is already too easy to earn merit, and there are too many old accounts that are used to for spamming purposes.
Earning merit is easy if one tries to make substantial contributions. Whatever the reason that they want to earn merit is irrelevant to the earning part. Those that complain are just doing so because of nefarious reasons. Why would someone care if they didn't earn enough merit for months or years unless they are here to shitpost for money? Nobody is not entitled to receive money for posting, so where is the problem? Earning merit is easy if one tries to make substantial contributions. Whatever the reason that they want to earn merit is irrelevant to the earning part. hose that complain are just doing so because of nefarious reasons. Why would someone care if they didn't earn enough merit for months or years unless they are here to shitpost for money?