# When do you get paid.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-do-you-get-paid/77655>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [August 23, 2001, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-do-you-get-paid/77655 "2001-08-23T03:15:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Road\_Rash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@Road\_Rash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Road_Rash)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2001, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-do-you-get-paid/77655/1 "2001-08-23T03:15:30Z")

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I remember Tubadiva back in 97. I assumed she played tuba in her HS band. She was a moderator on the AO board. Lynn Bodoni was a wisecracking active poster back then. They are both administrators. I assume this site is run largely by volunteers. But is there a point where reimbursement is necessary. My assumption; the moderators are volunteers while the administrators are paid. If not in money, perks. “Administrator” just sounds like more headaches.

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**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2001, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-do-you-get-paid/77655/2 "2001-08-23T05:44:35Z")

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Chocolate is definitely a perk:)

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**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2001, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-do-you-get-paid/77655/3 "2001-08-23T12:00:29Z")

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Well, we get a nifty mug that says “Straight Dope Staff.” And we get a new calendar from the READER at year end. And Lynn gets lots of virtual chocolate. That’s about it.

Every once in a while, we get a compliment.

That about covers pay. This is a job for love, not for a profit-sharing plan, stock options, and retirement benefits.

And, for the record, TUBADIVA is a active tuba player to this very day, it wasn’t just a high school band thing. Adide from real gigs, she’s hired by the Coast Guard from time to time to bring down small enemy spy planes.

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2001, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-do-you-get-paid/77655/4 "2001-08-23T20:17:39Z")

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Damn, Dex, you blew my cover!

your humble TubaDiva  
who sometimes gets real chocolate too, thanks to all that send tribute.

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**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-do-you-get-paid/77655/5 "2001-08-24T01:57:01Z")

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Hell, my Moderators don’t even get a coffee mug. Although my Administrator _does_ get all the mind-blowing sex she can handle… 😉

[sub]Sure beats a coffee mug, I imagine…[/sub]

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**Author:** ![andygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-do-you-get-paid/77655/6 "2001-08-24T02:11:09Z")

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I think that depends entirely on how much one likes coffee.