- Izak609
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Good answer. Although, I guess I was looking for a moderator that is actually interested in the job, or just a wage you'd place on the job that'd make it worth while (no matter how crazy). By the looks of it, I guess the want for a wage was probably a jest or a wistful thought (of if everything else stayed the same). Yeah, I was thinking that bobcast, at least, wouldn't settle for anything less than an arm and a leg (no pun intended).
To put it simply, I understand how serious of a decision job choice really is and I'm fine with how things already work.
Posted by: Recon Number 54
I have no earthly idea what some sites pay their employee moderators. While it can be a delicate and risky job (since you are now an official representative/agent), I doubt that it could/would be worth as much to a game dev/studio as a decent game tester would be. A tester is directly linked to the quality of your final product. So, in this field, I suspect that it wouldn't be a career altering job.
Not to get too long winded, (I know, too late), if Bungie wanted to simply "hire and pay" the existing team as full-time employees? They couldn't afford many/some of us, not compared to our "day jobs" or get us to reconsider what was our primary form of income.
The current system works, most folks are comfortable with it, it is flexible and yet predictable, and while anyone would love to get paid for doing something that they enjoy, it's clear that none of us are "in this for the money".
As to why we do it then? Clearly it is the power and our ability to arbitrarily wield it against those who would challenge our bias and over-inflated egos!