I Have Observed So Many Times That Article And Video Campaigns Have Less Participants While Hunters Feels It's Much Stressful And Brainstorming. Bounty Hunting Is All About Sacrificing Time, Energy, Data And Electricity. Now For You To Be A Good Hunter With High Rewards, You Have To Participate In Article And Video Campaigns Only, For Lower Ranks On Forum And Sometimes Signature Campaigns For Higher Ranks, Meanwhile Participating In Social Media Campaigns Gives Less Reward Because Of Many Participants. Try This And You Gonna Appreciate Me.
There is no guarantee that you will earn a big chunk by participating in article and youtube bounties. It all depends on the uniqueness of that content and how effectively you have discussed all the parameters. There have been many instances when your article or your youtube video did not qualify for an award.
The safest and the best way to earn reward is by participating in signature bounty. The stakes offered her are always high as compared to other bounties. I have always participated in signature campaign and made good sum of money too.
The only issue with signature bounty is if the project fails or if the token crashes as soon as it hits the exchange.
AS you have said, once the project fails or the token crashes before even receiving your share, your participation in sig bounty is doomed. Nowadays, very few sig campaigns under alt sections are successful. The only thing you are sure of is when you joined a btc paying campaign under reputable or known BM here. Most alt or token paying campaigns, even if you get high rewards or stakes, still depend on their actual performance in the exchanges. And usually the team distributes the hunters's share after months from when the token starts trading, so once they finally received their share, the price is already down like about 5-10% of the original price, which is very disappointing to its hunters.