it depends on the project we are talking about. In my opinion, a longer bounty doesn't necessary means lower earnings.
And it also depends if the bounty you're talking about uses the stakes system or a fixed price in tokens based in usd value for your work (better in my opinion).
If I can give you guys my opinion, I discovered an exciting one, which I just joined the bounty campaign: RAWG.
If you want to have a look and get some information, the ICO will start in a short period.
The ICO site is this one:
RAWG. It's a video game discovery platform that converts your skills into goods and services.
You can earn tokens by playing your favorite games. The site is already working, with more than 50,000 games in the database and new games are getting added every day. This is the site:
https://rawg.io/Quite good looking, don't you think?
They have just started
a very rich Bounty program for everyone who is willing to participate:
https://bt.irlbtc.com/view/4147507Another good thing, in my opinion, is that they pay you for your work a fixed value in tokens (with the value shown in USD) and they dont use the stake system, so you will always know from the beginning how much you are going to earn for every task. And so you don't have problems related to the fact that: "more people are joining the less I will earn".
Have a look. I hope this information is helpful!