Re: Does successfully reporting a thread give you more activity?

There isn't really any benefit currently other than helping the forum out greatly but if you report enough with a decent accuracy you may eventually get asked to be staff if an admin feels like you're needed (but don't hold your breath as shorena has around 10k reported I believe and still isn't a mod (though probably should be)). I was thinking it would be nice to offer some sort of reward for those that report a lot but it would likely be abused and I can't think of what perks could be offered other than monetary but then that would almost certainly lead to abuse unfortunately.

Mods voluntarily do their job, so you should, too.

Although moderators do volunteer their time to support the website, they are paid for their work. IIRC 25% of the forum's income from ads is split among the moderators, and they're paid according to the work they do (so a mod of 15 sections would receive more than a mod of 3 sections).

That's true, they get paid to do it, plus there's added bonus and perks around for members of the staff.
I guess that's why some people desperately want to become one.

As far as getting something as reward for reporting, i think it would be a good idea, but not in form of activity points as OP wants.

Bonuses and perks? What are these?

Bribes from TradeFortress Grin

. You also get to go on satoshis yacht in the Bahamas at the Staff Christmas party. Theymos also lets people touch his Lambo or will even take you for a spin if you're good.