How do you abuse a monetary reward ?
You expect to be paid for reports ? You trippin' dawg !
Never said that. In the past, there have been proposals of a potential reward.
It's easier for members of higher rank to report more quickly due to the shorter post interval. For members that have yet to buy the copper membership, it could be another way of obtaining it. Think of it as an added incentive to the act of reporting.
And then contradict yourself saying it's not worth it. And then contradict yourself again proposing this.
I bring up the subject of abuse because it is something that is often zeroed-in on, given the nature of how users operate on the forum.
From a logistic side, newly-created accounts for the sake of abusing this system have no draw towards it, since there are less time-consuming ways of maximizing revenue. You would not want to compromise high-rank accounts' post histories (though a lot of the current users
should be reported) due to their potential for campaign funds, thereby reducing your profitability if reported. On the other hand, the aim is to mass-create Newbie accounts to create posts to report, not only does this draw great suspicion on the reporter's side but it is another huge waste of time in lieu of purely ranking up the individual accounts.
Regardless, this proposal was more for the sake of increased reporting than any supplanted use for Copper Membership. We've still got an overwhelming amount of spam flooding the boards.