The problem with reduced activity on the forum, and therefore a slightly lower interest of companies to promote themselves through signature campaigns, was caused by the Bitcoitnalk forum itself.
Previously, this forum was one of the few places that dealt more deeply with crypto and one of the few promotion places. That promotion was good enough for crypto to take a serious place on many other platforms, so the result is that crypto-related people are not limited to this place only.
Maybe it's because people are more educated about Bitcoin and crypto in general, so there’s less traffic compared to before. Back in the day when altcoins were still popular, and bounty campaigns were full of scammy projects, people were really interested in investing. That created a lot of opportunities for signature campaigns too. I’m talking about the years up until 2018, but slowly, due to the high percentage of scams in altcoins, people started leaving the forum. Yet, the traffic was still big at that time. Then the mixers disappeared, and now most campaigns are in gambling, so it really reduced. We’re no longer in the early stages—people have more places to learn, and this forum is just one of many now.
However, when it comes to signature campaigns, I think they just come and go, like most of them. In fact, as of today, there’s a new campaign run by LM that’s looking for 8 hero members to join, and of course, it’s for gambling again. I saw that OP is already applying.
Bitcointalk is still one of the most relevant places for discussions about Bitcoin and crypto, the problem is more the lack of new quality projects.
No doubt, Bitcointalk is still the best when it comes to that (maybe a little bias here, but it’s true)... But what do you mean by the lack of new quality projects? What projects exactly? Sorry, I didn’t catch that.