Quote from: Josefjix on July 28, 2020, 07:51:22 PM

Quote from: Twentyonepaylots on July 28, 2020, 07:33:00 PM

I guess you OP you though of the donation is only for the mods and upper devs, you just can't believe the huge amount it received not thinking about the expenses they need to manage the forum. Besides that is where mods are getting paid, they have job and it's not easy to maintain the forum's quality and credibility so why not donate some? @theymos is presenting the website's expenses every year, you might just want to look for those. Thanks to those people who have donated Wink

you guys are pretty awesome and supportive.

What if the donators get tired and do not donate anymore, how would the moderators be able to be paid?

The forum has - if I recall correctly - over a million dollars in reserve. Besides, the donations don't pay mods; it's from ad revenue.

Quote from: Halab on July 28, 2020, 09:43:25 PM

Quote from: Josefjix on July 28, 2020, 07:51:22 PM

What if the donators get tired and do not donate anymore, how would the moderators be able to be paid?

If the forum has no more money, or if Theymos decides to stop paying mods, some will leave, others will stay. In what proportion ? I don't know.

The staff payments are just encouragement to stay around and keep working. Without some form of compensation most mods would probably fizzle away eventually, or the work they do would take a backseat. I've moderated a few boards before and I've never been paid on those ones, and mods get tired eventually or just disappear. It's often a thankless task and you're more likely to make more enemies than friends but getting paid is a good reason to stay around and do a good job.

Quote from: InvoKing on July 29, 2020, 12:40:34 PM

Quote from: Halab on July 28, 2020, 09:43:25 PM

Quote from: BlackHatCoiner on July 28, 2020, 02:45:44 PM

Forum software?? Mods?? Why should both get paid? Isn't smf free? I haven't heard any other mod to get paid.

We have to pay for the psychiatrist's sessions if we want to keep doing the job

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That new forum is a fortune and I believe there is only one developer?

I'm not sure what the current situation with the forum development is. There was a team I believe that was hired but I don't know whether they're still involved or to what capacity.

Quote from: Welsh on July 29, 2020, 08:54:00 PM

Personally, despite the frequent requests to reduce the donation amount required for a rank I've always respected the fact that it hasn't happened, and the stance has been relatively firm.

We could add different/new donator ranks. Many of us have suggested things like Silver and Gold Memberships. Personally I think they would be very popular/lucrative and would also curb account sales as people would just buy the membership instead of risking it buying an account which is already a shady market.

Quote from: UserU on July 30, 2020, 05:35:14 AM

Quote from: TryNinja on July 29, 2020, 07:37:16 PM

Start using Google Ads and scammers will use it to advertise phishing websites pretending to be Ledger and Trezor. Search "Ledger" on Google and sometimes you will get a scam website asking for your seed. We don't need Newbies coming here, saying that they got scammed by an ad they saw on the forum (also, ponzis).

Google sucks. At least theymos knows what he is doing when he accepts someone's banner in the ad rounds.

Another thing is that Google only allows certified licensed gambling websites to advertise their businesses. So lack of competition and more repetition of ads.

You don't need to use google ads. Theymos doesn't seem keen on adding additional revenue sources anyway, but you could just add more banners here if you wanted more income from adverts. As I suggested before, having one at the top of sub boards would be lucrative and companies can target what areas they want to advertise in ie a gambling company would advertise in a gambling board.

Quote from: Boris007 on July 30, 2020, 05:53:35 AM

The moderation system here is becoming like stackoverflow.

I'm not sure what that means.