[Rygian]

I do not oppose.

But personally, I have a ton of fun just mapping for the sake of it. Seeing my contributions rendered is a satisfaction.

[ibz]

Same here. I think mapping is fun and it should be done by people who love doing it.

Doing it because you get a pair of socks or some smiley clippy character telling you something cute is very different.

[fragmede]

No it's not. We're talking about a silly pair of socks or a quirky avatar message, not, y'know, actual amounts of money. You can't pay rent or buy food or taxes with a pair of socks. Someone doing mapping for free, with the hopes of getting a pair of socks is much closer to this hypothetical mapping purist than a 3rd party contractor that doesn't care about cartography and is just doing it for the paycheck.