[Poll]BitTorrentTrackers Staffers to be paid or not to be paid ?

dvdasacd said:
Money should be as far removed from acts of piracy as possible./QUOTE]

I think so too but sadly it's not :(. If it's not admins asking for a little extra each month, it's crooked FTP sysops selling leech on the side. Worst news to my ears was how groups like ORC buy cams for $500+... Money is unfortunately fueling piracy.
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That's good that FunFile do that - I remember when their old admin/sysop was in charge (have forgotten his name) but essentially begged for money each month... then there was the whole CDN fiasco with them too. BT sites need to be held accountable.
 
No.
I agree 100% with Sear (and many others that voted NO) on this one.

Besides, I believe there is already a lot of ass-kissing, backstabbing, lying and dishonesty amongst a lot of tracker-members to try and get hold of a staff-position, without money being involved.

I can only imagine what will happen when $$$ are involved. Some people would literally 'kill' for a staff-position.
 
Cabalo said:
One question to you all: Have you ever seen any sysop posting a screenie of the webhoster's bill saying: this is the exact amount we need? Or you all just take his word for it because he is a sysop and there's no way he could be a liar ?
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I think you could also couple this with whether or not a site's donation bar has the amount they require / are aiming for. I tend to find sites that don't really make their 'operating cost' known a lot sketchier than those who provide amounts in terms of valid donation use. Obviously this number might not be legit, but you can still decide whether or not it's ridiculous. Posting a screenshot is somewhat unusual, but there are places that make their goals known via numbers / will justify them if you ask nicely.
 
Disme said:
Besides, I believe there is already a lot of ass-kissing, backstabbing, lying and dishonesty amongst a lot of tracker-members to try and get hold of a staff-position, without money being involved.
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I agree that there is a LOT of ass-kissing going on but that is why I agree that some trackers, some positions, some people SHOULD be getting paid. I don't agree it should be something that is advertised but some trackers already pay external coders on occasion. Take a look at some trackers where you see 20-30 staff yet only 3-4 do any work there whether it be coding, forums or helping in IRC. Also, power hungry newbs with attitude would less likely to be promoted and put in a position where they can flaunt that power and make members life a living hell.

IF there was a cash incentive on occasion, there would be alot less USELESS staff hanging aroung. At least in theory anyway.

Let's have a look at a few places like IPT and TL for example. Let's face it, they are raking in the money like there's no tommorow. How many of their staff do you see active? It's obvious that the owner/sysop is making a bit of money while you have tons and tons of mods and what not that do nothing and are never seen. IF a few of those staff that bust their ass(if they exist) were to get rewarded in any way, the site and activity and in turn the quality of the site would get better.

I'm not going to argue this too much more because there are valid points on both sides.
 
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