[MUD-Dev] paying volunteers

[Matthew Mihaly]

On Thu, 21 Sep 2000, Chris Lloyd wrote:

> However, ask the question 'Do we need to pay our helpers a lot of money?'.
> The original problem was on AOL, when their volunteers complained they were
> not paid enough (at all?). So, if that is the case, you might give the
> volunteers better 'gifts'. As I see it, what helpers are given is a token of
> appreciation, not a payment of any sort (like having a gold card or a key to
> the VIP restroom).

Unfortunately, this IS what they are suing about. Their gift was a free
account. _Anything_ you give them that they care about has value, so you
can be said to be paying them.

 
> But if you have a group of helpers that do not complain, work fairly well,
> why bother? I know a MUSH where you get a bigger quota (rooms, items etc
> that you can build) for being a helper. The job involves patrolling
> roleplay, advising newbies and generally keeping the place tidy. No one
> complains that they don't get enough, so it doesn't get changed.

An argument could probably be made that the bigger quota has value (for
instance, note that the OSI lawsuit specifies that they lost in-game items
when their accounts were cancelled).

--matt




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