[TG09]

Say for example you're wanting staff for a forum. Is it a good idea to pay them with real cash? Or should you continue hunting and hunting for someone to do it for free?

What do you do? What works out better in your opinion? Paid staff or staff that volunteer?

[Kotomi]

Say for example you're wanting staff for a forum. Is it a good idea to pay them with real cash? Or should you continue hunting and hunting for someone to do it for free?

What do you do? What works out better in your opinion? Paid staff or staff that volunteer?

If the staff is very active and never biased or abusive I don't see why you can't through a few dollars at them every once and a while. 

I know boards that hire staff instead of recruiting.

[TG09]

Say for example you're wanting staff for a forum. Is it a good idea to pay them with real cash? Or should you continue hunting and hunting for someone to do it for free?

What do you do? What works out better in your opinion? Paid staff or staff that volunteer?

If the staff is very active and never biased or abusive I don't see why you can't through a few dollars at them every once and a while. 

I know boards that hire staff instead of recruiting.

Most boards now a days hardly open applications they will choose only the trusted and active ones

[Mars_mybb_import13750]

Paying something to moderate/adminstrate a forum without even liking the community is somewhat silly, though the dedicated and commited ones may be chosen without any fees and you can pay them if you wish whenever. Then I personally wouldn't mind.

[Jasper]

It's stupid to pay for someone to be an Staff member. But paying an Developer is another thing.

[Oxyrus]

It's stupid to pay for someone to be an Staff member. But paying an Developer is another thing.

I don't think so, if you have a big forum you may want dedicated users to moderate it, so they are going to invest a lot of their time in your forum, therefore I see nothing wrong with paying them.

[Mars_mybb_import13750]

It's stupid to pay for someone to be an Staff member. But paying an Developer is another thing.

I don't think so, if you have a big forum you may want dedicated users to moderate it, so they are going to invest a lot of their time in your forum, therefore I see nothing wrong with paying them.

He never said there is anything wrong about it but to pay them to become staff member is rather foolish.

[Calendar]

I think only developers should be paid

[Oxyrus]

It's stupid to pay for someone to be an Staff member. But paying an Developer is another thing.

I don't think so, if you have a big forum you may want dedicated users to moderate it, so they are going to invest a lot of their time in your forum, therefore I see nothing wrong with paying them.

He never said there is anything wrong about it but to pay them to become staff member is rather foolish.

It's stupid to pay for someone to be an Staff member

[AFK]

Well it really just depends - If the forum is small and only has a limited amount of members and no stable income coming through then I would not be paying staff, but on the other hand if I had a forum that had a very good amount of members and a decent amount of income coming through from it then I would be paying staff based upon their work and effort put into the site.