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

[MiNiMAL]

Yes .
Why ? Why NO.

[Sonnentier]

If it was a job they should be more polite to the user. Today, for the most part they are even already.

[chrisbeebops]

Money should be as far removed from acts of piracy as possible.

If you look at the Allan Ellis case, one of the main reasons he got off is because he was accused of making a profit from Oink, but when looked into further, it was clear he did not.

[BobFromAccounting]

The only time I would see any sort of compensation as justified would be paying coders. There's a number of site coders out there that put a lot of time and effort into what they're doing and I'd have no problem with them being rewarded for the work they've done. There's a number of them that work in that field daily / as a career, so it's almost like they are losing money from the time they spend on some of these trackers.

I do not think paying regular staff would be justified. Ultimately it's a volunteer job, and there are lines of kiddies willing to take your spot for free if you don't wish to be staff anymore. You could argue that the coding is volunteer as well, and it is, but I think it would be more deserving of financial compensation than anything else, but even then I'm not overly supportive of it.

[The_Martinator]

If they get paid, then eldiesel should get a percentage of what they get. After all, he started all of it.

On a serious note, my answer is no. Running a site isn't supposed to be a full time job. If you don't have enough spare time, then don't do it. We see staffers stepping down because of lack of time all the time, yet sites still don't cease to exist.

+1 to n00bz0r and MBM also.

[cinephilia]

i'm with Karid on this one.

[Cabalo]

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 ?

[X-Files]

VIP and above can see this on forum

[TONiC]

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.

[BobFromAccounting]

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 ?

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.