But bad for the newcomers who signed up for the forum just because of this.
Isn't that good? I mean they're not adding to the community with anything.
Although, they are adding to the number of ad impressions on the site so...
The forum gets a good PR for them, but if you stick to this system, then everyone who wants to participate in bounty projects on the forum, and not on other sites, must first study it and benefit, what you said. We sacrifice a quantity in favor of quality, which is good for some, but for others it's bad.