How Much Do BOARDS.IE Moderators Make ?

tak

How much do you boys/girls (mostly boys, though) get for moderating forums ?
I'd like to know.

SuperSean11

They probly get nothing

kaimera

45k pa

#forums invokes a commission clause in our contract.

mike65

20 million tonnes is what I make and thats just one forum.

Mike.

sceptre

Well I get tuppence a week and jam every other day. Always jam yesterday and tomorrow, never today.

What do you mean, "how much do boards.ie moderators make"? Fun and all as it would be to have people post made-up figures, you weren't actually under the illusion that anybody got paid, were you?

/me runs off into the distance waiting for my head to fall off with the laughter and the cackling and the giggles and...

tak

Do you mean you have to answer a minimum number of posts or what ?

challengemaster

nothing.. its like voluenteer work.

the coke/hookers/etc are all presents

Pighead

As Kaimera has just pointed out, its 45K a year for every Mod on boards.ie.

Except for Spankeh, he just gets a free subscription and a packet of jellybeans each month. Probably because he mods all the crappy forums.

Ruu_Old

I didn't make my ban quota (anyone up for a banning..please I have mortgage to pay and the loan sharks are after me) this week and got docked a days pay because I didn't login yesterday as I was a few minutes late*. Them admins can be tough sometimes but it is making me stronger!
I still haven't used my 'complimentary' sitebans.

*big bunch of fibs..maybe

Silverfish

kaimera wrote:

45k pa

#forums invokes a commission clause in our contract.

Why am I only on 40k? Oh, you've one more forum than me. Nm.

Goodshape

challengemaster wrote:

nothing.. its like voluenteer work.

No. That's just you.

45k p/a.

With a bit extra per ban.

tak

One thing is certain (as they say on the BBC) - that you guys are on some money.
Otherwise you'd have long lost your sense of humour !:D

Zaph

An early cat pic for this one, methinks

BENJAMIN61

how do you become a mod?

Goodshape

Silverfish wrote:

Why am I only on 40k? Oh, you've one more forum than me. Nm.

It's because nobody cares about Battlefield.

Sleeping and Dreaming is where the action is.

tak

Could I have a link to the Boards.ie Ltd annual accounts, please ?

Gone West

45k?

psssh theyre givin me 80k...

and thats BYTES not bits, suckers on 45k....

Basq

It's just enough to support my 13 kids (that i currently know of) of varying ages.. and my legal costs in my ongoing court-case against Durex!

* grumble *

Beruthiel

smods get 60k pa.
In yer faces. Ha!

tak

Is Boards.ie an equal opportunities employer ?
I get the feeling that I'm in a bull-pen, sometimes . . .

Karoma

tak wrote:

Could I have a link to the Boards.ie Ltd annual accounts, please ?

www.cro.ie

Post up your P60 plskthx

feylya

Amods get 55k plus 1k per ban.

jhegarty

tak wrote:

Is Boards.ie an equal opportunities employer ?
I get the feeling that I'm in a bull-pen, sometimes . . .

No , its white irish males age 20-35 only..... oh and no gays or travelers.....

Terry

I make this














































much.

Trotter

Cant believe everyone else is getting paid.

I just got a pat on the arse...

Marksie

I am on probation, just get the regular ban commision of ten euro per ban

Unfortunately beruthiel takes a cut of that in the ongoing SMod protection racket she has going

Nevyn

http://www.cro.ie/search/baskete.asp?RT=1&number=319114&BI=C

It will cost you 3.5 euros to find out.

flogen

To answer the OP there are a lot of factors in determining mod pay.
It would break a number of rules to detail the exact amounts but I will tell you the factors.
In no particular order, here they are:

Number of forums moderated
There's a basic salary and then a supplimentary bonus per additional forum.

Seniority
Calculation is -
number of years as a member + 2(number of years as a mod) = X
X multiplied by Y (this is the bonus amount) = annual seniority bonus

Mod type
For each mod level you get your basic forum salary multiplied by 1.5, so if a normal mod earns X, a Cmod earns X(1.5) = Y, and a Smod would earn y(1.5).

Number of posts
This is a minor one; only a few cent per post.

Work load bonus
This was introduced after complaints by a few mods, such as those looking after PI and AH. Certain forums provide grants to moderators due to the additional workload.

Ban bonus
There's a set amount per ban, depending on the type of ban handed out. Although it should be noted that these are randomly reviewed by Admins to ensure no-one is just banning for the sake of the bonus.
(legitimate site bans are worth twice as much as cat bans and four times as much as individual forum bans; length of ban tends not to matter.)

Hours
Certain mods with responsibility for numerous fora, whole categories or the entire site can claim expenses for the amount of hours they put in - this is based on their "real" job wage as it is assumed that they're taking time from their real jobs to work on boards.ie.
Low ranking mods such as myself can't claim this but are given an annual flat rate fee to cover loss of earnings.

Ruu_Old

Trotter wrote:

Cant believe everyone else is getting paid.

I just got a pat on the arse...

Ah now there is nothing wrong with getting a pat on the backside from Beruthiel to be fair.

kaimera

Ruu wrote:

Ah now there is nothing wrong with getting a pat on the backside from Beruthiel to be fair.

Except at that time of the month...

Boston

tak wrote:

Could I have a link to the Boards.ie Ltd annual accounts, please ?

I got the accounts once. I was all like "Hey regi, 'show me da fukin' money" and he just wips out this bar mate and lashes down a seven digit number and on 01 prefix. Now some say that this is the amounth of revenue, some say regi slipped me his number, and some say i made this story up, the important thing is to be true to yourself.

BrianCalgary

And then on top of that, mine gets paid in canadian Dollars, in which I get a sum taken off for the administration of the exchange of currencies.

seamus

I get paid in karma.

In the next life I'll come back as DeVore or something.

Trotter

Ruu wrote:

Ah now there is nothing wrong with getting a pat on the backside from Beruthiel to be fair.

It wasnt Beruthiel... it was ...


I cant say. They said not to and I'd get one of those really shiney €2 coins straight from the bank next year.

Aint no man gonna give up a shiney €2!!!!!!

Now. Im sayin nothin else. Leave me alone.

Pighead

seamus wrote:

I get paid in karma.

In the next life I'll come back as DeVore or something.

In that case sarky's coming back as coolsmileygirl.

challengemaster

post of the year!

jhegarty

I wounder what newspaper the op works for

Pherekydes

tak wrote:

How much do you boys/girls (mostly boys, though) get for moderating forums ?
I'd like to know.

€16k here. But I only mod 1 forum.



P.S. It's the free 4 week holiday to the Bahamas that keeps me modding...

BuffyBot

People got patted on the ass?

Who didn't send me the memo? :mad:

GrumPy

I have a radio in my car

Stark

I get all the gogo boys I could want and none of those ladyboys.

smashey

Benefit in kind. I'm just back from the pub where there was a lot of beer waiting for me. Vexorg, top that account up again please.

billy the squid

jhegarty wrote:

No , its white irish males age 20-35 only..... oh and no gays or travelers.....

:S

Asiaprod

seamus wrote:

I get paid in karma.

In the next life I'll come back as DeVore or something.

Just checked your account and am sorry to say you are in the Red. The best deal we can offer you at this time is to send you back as a LOLcat picture.

The Sweeper

45 posts in and I'm going to spoil everyone's fun.

OP, since this is feedback, you deserve at least one serious answer to your question (and shame, SHAAAAAAAAME on the rest of you).

The moderators on boards.ie do not get paid for the work they do. There are over 300 mods on the site, some of whom have a harder job than others because they moderate busier forums. Other moderators have responsibility - both sole and joint - for more than one forum.

Mods are usually offered a modship by the administrators for a number of reasons including consistent, proven good behaviour as users, regular contribution to the forums, an interest in the subject, often expressed by clocking up a LOT of hours online and - allegedly - some indication of a minimum level of cop-on.

There are a number of standing jokes regarding moderator payment, including that they are paid in beer, coke & hookers and sexual favours from the administrators. The fact is, the whole sorry lot of them do it for the LOVE OF THE FORUMS.

It works for the same reasons that voluntary charities, neighbourhood watch schemes and vigilantism work. People do the work because they want to.

It is worth noting that the level of abuse towards moderators has grown with the number of users on the forums, and the perceived unhelpfulness of the moderators themselves (I'm looking at this very thread for SHAAAAAAAAME the lot of you) could well be because it is unpaid labour and they're sick of getting shat upon.

WhiteWashMan

i know a few people who like being shat on.

every day is steak and blowjob day for boards moderators.

c - 13

What you guys get coke and hookers ?

There must have been a spelling mistake on my contract, I get unlimited Hoki (fish) and access to cookers

AlmightyCushion

FuzzyLogic wrote:

45k?

psssh theyre givin me 80k...

and thats BYTES not bits, suckers on 45k....

Geekiest post of the year. I still lold.

Crash

Goddamn it Majd, you got in and posted a proper answer before I could insert a witty comment about my position in the payscale.

Thats it, my days ruined.

gandalf

Since she has moved down under she is no fun at all. Must be like reversing polarity or something?

Beruthiel

It's the heat Gandie, t'would fry the best of brains