i may be assuming things here but i think the reason most people are worried about the whole 'you can choose whether to be paid in turnips or rlc' thing is that they may be concerned that their choice would factor into whether or not dv staff chose to hire them - the idea that 'oh we don't have enough budget for new artists to be paid with rlc? just hire the ones who want turnips'. of course i'm not going to say that's what staff are doing, because it would kinda be a wild assumption to make - we know very little of how things are run behind the scenes (nda's and all) which is fine, and how one would expect a petsite to be run. however if i were to apply for this position asking, i would be worried about my payment preference factoring into whether or not i am hired.