Oh my gosh honey! don't you know anything about the first rule of jungle? kill or be killed. they think that they're now the lions of this jungle.
Administrator wants to have moderators to address the spam issue, if you don't want to pay and don't trust them enough to make them staff.

Adding them to DT requires no money and trust. having red trust members would ensure them to come back with new accounts and have more traffic.
Where do you get to have such an smart admin?