# Concentration of Moderator and Curator Roles Among Same Individuals **URL:** \ **Category:** Governance\ **Created:** [July 30, 2026, 8:27pm UTC](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/concentration-of-moderator-and-curator-roles-among-same-individuals/18288 "2026-07-30T20:27:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![Megadot](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.polkadot.network/megadot/32/10593_2.png) [@Megadot](https://forum.polkadot.network/u/Megadot)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2026, 2:35pm UTC](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/concentration-of-moderator-and-curator-roles-among-same-individuals/18288/3 "2026-08-06T14:35:04Z")
The worst part isn’t just the concentration of power in the hands of a small group of people acting as bounty curators and holding multiple ecosystem roles in what is supposed to be a decentralized system. What’s even more concerning is that these same curators previously approved payments to inactive moderators. Under that system, an active moderator received 100% of the allocated compensation, **while someone doing absolutely nothing still received 70%**. Proof here: [Moderation Team Bounty Top-up](https://polkadot.subsquare.io/referenda/1698#21) Who thought that was a sensible incentive structure? If inactivity still earns you 70% of the reward, why would anyone put in the effort to contribute? It creates exactly the wrong incentives. And to make matters worse, W3F has just voted in favor of a new **[top-up](https://polkadot.subsquare.io/referenda/1928)**, effectively endorsing the continuation of this approach. At least **ParaNodes (Will Paradox)** has been removed from the moderator team after being inactive while still collecting 70% of the allocated compensation. However, he is still earning around $2,000 per month as a curator in another bounty, while also [charging 50% commission on Kusama](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/warning-to-all-kusama-nominators/18078). 🤣🤣🤣 --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/concentration-of-moderator-and-curator-roles-among-same-individuals/18288)._