Boards Mods: Get Paid?

jayteecork

Just wondering if all the boards mods get paid?
I know mods on most other forums don't get anything but I was reading in the indo recently about how boards is run "for profit".

So if the mods here don't get paid why work for nothing while someone else gets rich?

Excuse me for being blunt, just wondering about this.

ModeSkeletor

I think the ads are just to pay for the servers and stuff.

jayteecork

ModeSkeletor wrote: »

I think the ads are just to pay for the servers and stuff.

no way.
The founder clearly stated it's run for profit.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

power, basically.

ModeSkeletor

Mordeth wrote: »

power, basically.

Which moderating a Discworld forum must bring plenty of

darkman2

jayteecork wrote: »

Just wondering if all the boards mods get paid?

Yes though they dont want you 'paupers' to know. They get far more then mortals in wages. They are all pretty rich and undeserving of their cash but thats life. Deal with it.

Rb

Link to the article in the indo or even a scan of the page?

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

ModeSkeletor wrote: »

Which moderating a Discworld forum must bring plenty of

I had my time in the sun, it's time to let others flower.

jayteecork

rb_ie wrote: »

Link to the article in the indo or even a scan of the page?

Jesus it were a month or two ago.

I'll try the website and see can I did something up.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

afaik boards is a for profit company, but they only hired their first employee a short while ago

and he keeps breaking things!

jayteecork

http://www.independent.ie/business/technology/a-funny-thing-happened-on-the-way-to-the-forum-1289652.html

weeder

third-person shooter game Quake

:rolleyes: gotta love journalistic integrity

Rb

jayteecork wrote: »

http://www.independent.ie/business/technology/a-funny-thing-happened-on-the-way-to-the-forum-1289652.html

Ah, good article.

Noone except for Gerry Shanahan and CuLT are paid afaik, maybe the rest take a slice but as far as I'm aware most of the money that it brings in is to cover the costs of running it.

Dr. Loon

weeder wrote: »

:rolleyes: gotta love journalistic integrity

You are so smart. Well done.

Tusky

I get paid. Not much though. 50E a week.

c0rk3r

Cult gets paid 200,000euro a year. The other mods get paid a basic salary between 20k-30k depending on which board they monitor. I also hear they get additional bonuses based on how many people they permanently ban per month. Gordon is pretty much a multi-millionaire by now

Crumble Froo

Breslin said the longest conversation on Boards.ie is over 1,932 pages consisting of 38,000 posts. The purpose of the post is to write something about the person who posted just before you.

This conversation began in 2004 and is still going. It is a testament to the community spirit Breslin has cultivated on the site.

what thread is that? something to do with poker or something?

monkeyfudge

Crumble Froo wrote: »

what thread is that? something to do with poker or something?

It's the cuckoo's nest...

I think I'm on the first page... then I got bored of it.

monkeyfudge

Mordeth wrote: »

afaik boards is a for profit company, but they only hired their first employee a short while ago

and he keeps breaking things!

Like my heart!

Hagar

All mods get paid on a sliding scale as follows*:

• Scathing comment to a noob -€0.50
• General sarcastic post - €0.25
• Baiting known idiots - €0.75
• Warnings issued - €1.00
• Infractions issued - €1.75
• Bans - per week - €3.50
• Bans - permanent - €5.00 (not paid if poster re-regs within 7 days)
• Joining in to ridicule posters in Feedback - €1.50
• Posting Lolcat - €1.00
• Per logged-in hour per forum modded - €0.25
• New threads started in a forum modded - €0.05

All in all a nice little earner if you are prepared to put in the hours and cause the odd controversy. Last week I made a tidy sum, add that to the hookers and coke and life is good.



*may not be 100% accurate, may actually be 100% false.

markpb

Crumble Froo wrote: »

what thread is that? something to do with poker or something?

It's probably the one about the old Fas Girl :P

Gordon

c0rk3r wrote: »

Cult gets paid 200,000euro a year. The other mods get paid a basic salary between 20k-30k depending on which board they monitor. I also hear they get additional bonuses based on how many people they permanently ban per month. Gordon is pretty much a multi-millionaire by now

I still have my Spamward© system that rewards any user 20% of my spamban bonus delivered via paypal. To apply just be the first to report the offending spam post and quote the reference code "Squirt Country". Once I receive the spamban bonus for banning the spam, I'll make sure you get your percentage.

cormie

Why pay mods when they'll do it for free? It doesn't make business sense. Any time you see a "new mod needed" thread, you have folk lining up, hoping to be picked. Add a wage to that and it just gets messy and will take away from the community/volunteer feel of the site, which is what it's built itself on.

The admins deserve to be rich, I mean a site with so much traffic and users should definitely have wealthy owners. If I were a mod of a forum on this site, I wouldn't expect to be paid. The information that I get for free off other users is extremely valuable to me. Should I have to pay to get that info? No, I don't think so. It's free to join and free to use and that's the beauty of it, it wouldn't be what it is if it was any other way. Help others and others help you.

Sherifu

They all get shares.

Lirange

Mordeth wrote: »

I had my time in the sun, it's time to let others flower.

They need to be pollinated before that can happen.

Is there an orgy going on?

6th

I actually own Boards money so I'm working it off. Roll on 2042 when I'll be debt free!

Pherekydes

Hagar wrote: »

All mods get paid on a sliding scale as follows*:

• Per logged-in hour per forum modded - €0.25
• New threads started in a forum modded - €0.05

I was wondering why I got virtually nothing! Athletics and Mathematics must be two of the sleepiest fora. That and the fact that the pay rates are multiplicative, not additive (i.e. multiply the pay rates: two fora = 0.25 x 0.25 = 0.0625. (This is to stop greedy mods taking over too many fora))

godtabh

I dont get paid but there is plenty of B.I.K. Coke and hookers rule!

They also do a great medical card scheme you know just in case that galloping knob wrote comes back damn hookers

Ponster

Good post from Devore explains all here....

Xavi6

My last cheque bounced

Dudess

I'm always on Work & Jobs moaning about how I can't find a decent job so yes, I get paid by Boards.

MrJoeSoap

Mods don't. Obselete HMods get room and board.

seraphimvc

Hagar wrote: »

All mods get paid on a sliding scale as follows*:

• Scathing comment to a noob -€0.50
• General sarcastic post - €0.25
• Baiting known idiots - €0.75
• Warnings issued - €1.00
• Infractions issued - €1.75
• Bans - per week - €3.50
• Bans - permanent - €5.00 (not paid if poster re-regs within 7 days)
• Joining in to ridicule posters in Feedback - €1.50
• Posting Lolcat - €1.00
• Per logged-in hour per forum modded - €0.25
• New threads started in a forum modded - €0.05

All in all a nice little earner if you are prepared to put in the hours and cause the odd controversy. Last week I made a tidy sum, add that to the hookers and coke and life is good.



*may not be 100% accurate, may actually be 100% false.

yes OP,they get paid.and according to http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/banlist.php

Gordon is the richest mod on boards atm:pac:

Agamemnon

6th wrote: »

I actually own Boards money so I'm working it off.

Bit of a Freudian slip there, 6th, revealing your darkest fantasy.

Ste05

ZOMG!! Do some mods not get paid!!

randylonghorn

Breslin said the longest conversation on Boards.ie is over 1,932 pages consisting of 38,000 posts. The purpose of the post is to write something about the person who posted just before you.

This conversation began in 2004 and is still going. It is a testament to the community spirit Breslin has cultivated on the site.

Lol ... tCN gets its moment of fame, nice one, John!

Over 40k posts now btw.

The Real B-man

MrJoeSoap wrote: »

Mods don't. Obselete HMods get room and board.

Yeah but Hmods arent proper Mods

faceman

Just wait till the mods go on strike for better pay!

AckwelFoley

Hagar wrote: »

[*]Baiting known idiots - €0.75

Ive made WhiteWashman a rich man over the last 6 month period.

projectmayhem

Xavi6 wrote: »

My last cheque bounced

just charge all your purchases to the boards account

FX Meister

pah!!

AlmightyCushion

I'm still waiting on the admins to set up my expense account. It's getting bloody rediculous so it is. If it's not sorted soon I'm heading straight to the union.

Supercell

Bah, lolcats needed