Zelda (#28) Personally why I find it so insulting and sketchy is because to me the fact that they think that it would be okay to pay an artist with a currency that 1. can't be traded to other players and 2. is apart of a website that barely gets above 200-250 members daily, is concerning. They're offering it as an option because they think it's either comparable to being paid real money, or they think that it's fair payment for someone's hard work. THAT'S concerning.

As I mentioned in my post, it makes no sense to offer it as an option. If an artist that they hire truly wants turnips, they can take the money that they're being paid by DV and buy turnips from them.

To me at least it just screams that they have an option to pay artists that truly would be taking advantage of their love for DV. You should pay your artists with actual money that they can do whatever they want with. Period. If you want to include that employees of the site get bonuses or free gifts in the way of on-site items or currencies, that's great! But in no way should that be primarily what you think is reasonable compensation for work.