People can advocate for whatever they want, doesn't mean it will happen. The whole point of this thread for me was that I personally am going to make a few changes in campaigns. Sure people can make suggestions, but in the long run it is my decision on how I want to do things. I will have the company in mind and the forum as I genuinely care about both, but I would like to see members who are genuinely putting in the effort, get rewarded vs accounts getting top dollar because of rank and not putting in the effort.
It is not a bad concept to reward participants based on the quality of their postings regardless of rank, but we shouldn't undervalue the effort taken to achieve top rankings.
Have you ever considered the damages such payroll would cause to the ranking system? The system you're proposing places every profile on the same level but in reality we're not
Trofo started similar pay rate last year..
Senior Member, Hero Member, Legendary and Staff = 4$ per post => max 25 posts equalling 100$ per week