I do however also have a bunch of users who see it as a job where they HAVE to hit x amount of posts but I always tell them that if you are busy or you have shit going on in life just take a break and get back to it when you can do it naturally. We need to get it back to a state where it's considered a perk rather than a job but we might be too far gone there too.
Well put.
In fact, what the forum needs is:
1. quality posters that will continue to post regardless of the deal.
2. good campaign managers that will respect the posting habits of each member individually.
(1) can be somewhat determined by user's attributes (merits and posting content should be enough).
(2) can be determined by each campaign individually. The campaign should follow the criteria I 've posted here:
2. no minimum posts to get paid.
3. no mandatory posting in specific sections.
4. no need to change posting habits.
This way, you can be certain that users won't post just to post (aka get paid), downgrading the forum's overall quality.