The only way bounty managers can sell this service is if they promise hundreds or thousands of participants and without those numbers I seriously doubt that anyone would hire them.
The whole thing created a good marketplace and everyone is trying their best to make their money. But ultimately bitcoin is receiving the exposure it needs.
[1.] Forum will always have alt accounts because it does not cost anyone a sat to have one
[2.] Projects are not spending a sat to pay the hunters, those shit tokens worth nothing even for them.
[3.] Hunters are always the fools who think they will make thousands of dollars from those worthless tokens but sometimes they do [I guess]
[4.] Maybe managers are making money.
[5.] Forum is increasing it's page view and visitors.
[6.] Every day new people are knowing about bitcoin.
I don't see anything is wasted.