Re: Ideas and plans of theymos for the forum improvements
⭐ Merited by Welsh (4)
Badges for good reporters are not bad ideas. However, to prevent any kind of abusements with report badges, all badges should not give any kind of benefits for reporters, whom qualitied report enough to earn such badges.
I never said them as bad ideas. I have said those badges shouldn't be of higher priority right ATM. There are many more things to be implemented apart from badges like Epochtalk and moderators appointment. I remember hilarious saying such a quote last year when theymos had ideas of implementing reporting badges. It is good to have badges but it isn't really important now.It's terrible if new staffs abused the forum, and scam others. Fortunately, merit system maybe helpful in such screening procedure to find new staffs.
Yes, I do agree with this. It isn't really easy to appoint a moderator who is trustworthy. The appointed moderator shouldn't be abusing his position by indulging himself in scams. This is a digital forum, where we doesn't know each other. In such cases, trusting someone just based on his past activities takes some time.Agreed I don't know what the budget looks like for moderators but for a forum of its size we need more moderators. Whether they are paid or volunteered positions. Bitcoin Discussion is overrun by spam and a few other more niche sub forums like project development.
Here is a post of mine highlighting the pay for mods : Role of Moderator.theymos has no problem in hiring additional moderators since there are enough reserves to run the forum and pay for moderators/volunteers. But trusting the appointed moderators is literally important than hiring him. We doesn't know how they might be after being appointed.
I have always loved such ideas but the coin must be in a digital form.
Digital Form? 
Please read Why a physical bitcoin? by casascius aka Mike Caldwell