Quote from: Rikafip on Today at 12:45:19 PM

To be honest, I don't think that money incentive is even needed to boost reporting numbers as badges would probably do the trick. Then again, badges could also be manipulated in the same way, and could be one of the reasons why he haven't seen them yet.

My opinion is that money should not be involved in this story, because it would bring more problems than benefits. For me personally, it's better if there is no financial motivation because that would only attract those who would do that "job" for the money, and not for any benefit to the forum.

Why so far we don't have badges for best reporters, and on the other hand we have badges for those who bake the best pizza or contribute to the forum by revealing security flaws or winning a competition? I think that it is simply on a very low list of admin priorities, and I will repeat again that some probably don't want that badge - just like they didn't want to be mentioned in the annual Top Reporters report.

As for manipulation, for me the solution is simple - the number of good reports in order for someone to get a badge does not need to be public or fixed - it can simply be set in a range from, say, a minimum of 5000 to 10 000 good reports, something similar to the activity required for Legendary rank.