I thought there was a time we all were able to send a tip to someone. What happened with that option?

If it comes to paying I like to put it the other way: should the moderators grow a community, pay for everything while it isn't theirs, they are not paid? Because that's the problem here. I don't mind saving for what is mine or what I set up for someone else or a group to upvote but no one pays me to be a moderator or ever did. Instead I am asked to pay for all costs.