[AndrewDucker]

But the reason it's not a profession is that it's currently not possible to be paid for it.

Make that possible and you'd then have some professional modders and some amateur ones.

[bamie9l]

In this case I believe that allocating a dollar value to work done for the love of it, significantly devalues that work in the eyes of its creator.

[mhomde]

Yeah, this is like the chapter out of "Drive" where they tried paying people to give blood but ending up decreasing the number of blood givers... they'd rather feel charitable then earn money