# Can money be the only moderator of a forum?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-money-be-the-only-moderator-of-a-forum/410209
**Category:** Community Building
**Created:** [August 17, 2026, 1:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-money-be-the-only-moderator-of-a-forum/410209 "2026-08-17T13:03:40Z")
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### Author: ![merefield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/merefield/32/176214_2.png) [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2026, 1:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-money-be-the-only-moderator-of-a-forum/410209/6 "2026-08-17T13:27:06Z")

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> [@scoresby](#):
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> - **Each post costs a small fee** (paid to a community reward pool)
> - **Replies cost a small fee** (paid to a community reward pool)
> - **Upvotes cost a small fee** (paid to the poster/commenter being upvoted)

No, this will fail.

In todays free, open web you can’t _charge_ people to create content for you. They will shrug or laugh and move on.

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