Crypto world is in crysis now and it's not only due to red market but also because of tons of scam ICOs. And that pisses a lot of bounty hunters off cause scam ICOs produce useless unworthy tokens! People waste sometimes several months to participatein bounty and either get no tokens or get shitcoins.
But how do you guys know if your bounty is trustable? Why do you personally trust bounty you're participating in right now?
Since the managers are the ones who has a reputation here in the forum then I look at the managers first that are trustworthy and those that I already have an experience before that paid the bounties and honest with its participants. If the manager has no reputation yet then I look at the rank of the manager because the higher the rank, the more trustworthy and knowledgeable he is in the projects so he wouldn't just easily accept projects that he knows has no potential. Besides that, if the team do not fulfill their promise to the bounty participants then his reputation will be bad as well.
Research combined with being lucky is the key to earn in bounty campaigns. Bounties have been a good source of income for me but there are times when I received a token that ends up being worthless. As long as there are bounties then I wouldn't stop participating as long as I can manage my time.