Earning is it why forum is being made, do you what to tell me that without Earning forum will not stand, before I made this content I have seen where a newbie asked a question for how he/ she will earn in bitcointalk, I'm not against Earning but let it not be a priority
It can be their priority too but personally I am against it however they can't grow their rank unless they made contribution to the forum which will get them some merits so they can rank up and participate in campaigns. So the introduction of merit system forced the members of bitcointalk to make quality posts or else they will just stick as newbie forever.