[dragonwriter]

No, it can't, but then, volunteering isn't a job, and its function isn't to pay your bills.

A particular volunteer opportunity may not be interesting to you, because of the time commitment and the opportunity cost of sacrificing paid work, or because you aren't interested in the particular area of volunteer work, or because you just aren't interested in donating labor in general, but... so what? The posting of the volunteer opportunity isn't a personal solicitation aimed at you, either.

[zlg_codes]

This is a public forum, why are you so against a differing perspective that you go through two rounds of trying to essentially say there's only one way to think about it?

There are some things that are too much work for anyone to call it merely volunteering, and should be compensated. I don't care if you find that opinion acceptable.