You can support your family with a Bitcointalk account? Wow. Even if I tried to monetize it, it wouldn't cover the cost of my internet access.
I wonder if Theymos realizes the economic devastation that would ensue if this board ceased to exist. No pressure there.
I'm sure they can if they're from a developing nation. You can get 0.14 a month on Bitmixer for 200 posts which would pay my bills in the UK so I'm sure it's worth at least three times as much in India (though Lauda does a good job of keeping poor posters off the campaign and likely wouldn't accept op). I'm all for people from poorer countries earning some cash here and think it's a great thing but it can't come at the expense of the forum which has basically just degenerated into a place for people from said nations to earn a living by spamming barely coherent posts (and hundreds just copy and paste someone else's posts because they can't even speak English and then times that over multiple accounts). Some people are also doing more than just supporting their families. Some are just straight up greedy like this
Russian guy who had 200 accounts all on campaigns. He's also not the only one with such an amount. Some Chinese farmers likely have several hundreds and those are just the ones I know of. Some people are making a very good living from this forum.