Sincerely speaking it's a serious matter but we all seems to see it as a common task, sometimes I have thought about these people working as staff, mod and admins or even those that fight against Spam across the forum what is their benefits as they work, here is a well known forum with over millions of user and if possible hundreds of person signing up everyday by day.
Payment is not what will make it seem like a serious task, every member in the forum appreciates what merit sources, staffs, reporters and mods do, but it does not have to feel like an employment opportunity for it to be appreciated. Their benefit is that this is a community, and if you can assist or volunteer in your little way to its development, you'll be appreciated by the community.
Satoshi who made the biggest contribution wasn't paid, but even went away without asking for anything. By the way, i have checked and mods and staffs are paid something small as
volunteers when the forum sold ad space, i do not know about now.
About 25% of ad income goes to the forum moderators as thanks for all of their work. (There are many moderators, so each moderator gets only a small amount -- moderators should be seen as volunteers, not employees.)
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