Or perhaps you're "new again." LOL.
Yes, this account is new because i forgot the other one i had, what is funny about that? idon't understand the joke, or i said something that is funny?
You as a person aren't actually new to the forum, contrary to your statement. Your account is new here, but you are not.
Usually when someone says they are "new" it means they have no previous experience with something. You said you were new in the Beginners & Help section but in Meta you were reminiscing about the old days of the forum and making comparisons to how it is now.
I remember this forum long time ago, i used to have an account here, i forgot what my username was, but i do remember there was little activity in the altcoin section until the day that Dogecoin thread started then it was all altcoin and every hour there was a new one, then it was the HYIP section and shady casinos, now it seems like the most active threads are about internal politics inside Bitcointalk what most users don't find interesting to read, all those coins that launched here are not popular anymore, new coins and projects are using Twitter, Telegram and Discord to communicate with their community so Bitcointalk has no use for those people.
Just a bit odd for someone who claims to be "new."
Just to add a bit to the topic of discussion: when I first joined the forum, signature campaigns weren't really much of a thing -- well, maybe they existed, but they were the farthest thing from my mind. And there was no such thing as a "bounty." I joined purely to learn more about bitcoin, cryptocurrency and the blockchain. And indeed I have learned a lot over the years.
I joined my first bounty in the 3rd quarter of 2018, and that was mainly to support a project run by a personal friend (the project was a flop and nobody got paid any tokens). After that, I thought, hey, why not join a sig campaign to rake in a few extra bucks for something I would be doing anyway? I do miss not being able to wear my own avatar, but I'd like to think my personality makes my posts and name stand out from most of the crowd.
That's probably the most important thing: if you do join a sig campaign or bounty, don't just go through the motions of writing posts without any sort of contributing substance. Don't add to the spam problem. Find a way to be unique and memorable; of course it helps if you have something interesting to say or can approach a problem/situation from a novel angle. At the very least, be funny. Don't just be an emotionless human spambot.
That being said, I have no problems with people who sign up for the purpose of making money, so long as they contribute in any positive way to the forum. I personally can't believe that sig campaigns were ever a viable advertising model but apparently they are.