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The crypto community is expanding and as newbies we have to read a lot so as to get abreast with issues.

What should a newbies and junior members rank look out for when  faced with promoting ICO's on the forum?

The only issue with promoting ICO's on the forum,is that most users do such with low quality content/posts,it either they are in haste to meet the requirements on all their alts or simply laziness and negligence..
 So I think the most important part in promoting an ICO has to be doing something with high quality content..
If only the bounty managers can take a closer look at posts quality,then it'll do the forum a whole lot of good, post doesn't have to be the best in the world,but something meaningful/readable.

Most important are the bounty managers. If they required merit to join their campaign, this is a good sign but not a 100% protection.
Check their trust page to see if there are any shady activities.
Scam accusation board is also a place to check for scam projects.
You have to follow the projects too, if you see shady behavior from the project members, just leave before it's too late.
There are many guides how to invest in ICOs and how to choose good icos, the same criteria apply for joining campaigns.
Just browse the forum, you will find what you are looking for.

If ve seen a lot of signature campaigns in the last weeks where the bounty manager took a close look at the quality of the posts and even refused to count them towards the posts/week target if the posts were not good enough or plain spam. Some of them even refused to count posts in spam topics like "What is bitcoin" with hundreds of answers.
I think thats the right direction. Bounty hunters have to stop to post meaningless oneliners and post simply to raise their post count, but its a lot of work for the bounty managers to go through the posts in detail.

I read somewhere you could pay a small fee for rank "silver member" or "bronze member".. this was a few months ago so I forgot exactly what it was.. but that might help.

There doesn't seem to be a "silver member" here, only "bronze member" and you can buy it.
Here is the thread about "bronze member"：
Newbies can now pay a small fee to enable images (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2385104)

It is called Copper membership or copper member, not bronze or silver member.

@McOwen95
You are singling out Newbies and J. Members in your question but the rules are the same for all members no matter the rank.
Research the project you want to participate in, if something seems fishy or off, give it up, report it or look elsewhere. In general it is a good idea to avoid projects promising you big profits, 300-500% profit a year and stuff like that is usually just a waste of time.