The fact that the turnip option hasn't been removed is still a huge yikes to me. Like c'mon, you are hiring artists with most likely several years of skill and practice under their belts and somehow, turnips were thought to be a decent option.

With a pet site that rarely has 300+ logins per day, I don't think anyone can afford to even begin to OFFER turnips as payment. I feel that maybe this wouldn't be as concerning if the turnips were actually worth something. But as of now, TOS still explicitly says that everything on DV has little to no monetary value including both currencies so still the options are 'be paid, or work for free.' which I'm sure in the long run is gonna start to stir up some legal concerns.

Overall, to all of the applying artists, don't sell yourself short. Do not go under minimum wage, and please for the love of god don't accept turnips as payment. Sure they get you some cool items, but you're still basically working for free. And that my friend, is a huge no-no. Good luck to everyone applying!!