I guess that 60 seconds might be a little high, but I think that 10 seconds is probably low as well. My calculation does leave out the "cost" of shit that the staff/mods take, especially the very efficient ones (just looks at how many threads that mprep has about him). Also buying a donator account would guarantee that you have access to donator forums, while reporting lots of posts would only increase the chances of becoming staff.
I would say that the "cost" of reporting enough posts to become staff would eventually decline to zero if you stay staff long enough as you would get a portion of 25% of ad revenue plus the ability to participate in PD
If you're a person that takes stuff to heart and has a thin skin then being a mod here really isn't for them, but the btc would be worth putting up with occasional shit for me anyway (plus it usually only comes from scolded crybabies which I have zero respect for).
True, however I would think it would get somewhat annoying after a while. Although the forum seems to have a policy of responding with satire when invalid/crazy claims are made.
Becoming staff guarantees you access to the donator forum as well (unless that's changed in the future), but being a donator doesn't get you access to the staff forum.
I don't see how the donator forum would be able to be moderated if the staff does not have access. I don't think the donator forum is active enough to warrant a dedicated moderator and the global mods are probably too busy to keep an eye on the donator forum without help.
I recently had the opportunity to buy a donator account for <.5 BTC but couldn't because I didn't accept the sellers offer before he sold the account to someone else, so it may be cheaper to buy a donator account, but then again earning a staff account would result in some level of income from their work.
Are you sure it was a legit sale? And you would earn that btc back in a few months if you're very active.
Not 100% sure, however I did check all the VIP and donator accounts and did find several that had their passwords changed during the subject time frame, including two that matched the description of what the seller was offering, so I would say there was a good chance the account was actually sold.
