Wasn't ZBT supposed to be a likable place for everyone to be?
I understand a couple of things, like you, had to restrict ZBT intake due to bot abuse, and that you had to get a 'zbt.com' in front of our in-game names for the same.
Doesn't the dev team feel a little responsible for the community that is actually going out there with your names out there promoting you in actuality rather than giving away stuff to your mods and national agents, they hold little to no values in my eyes. A moderator's work is a charity, it's not anything for any added benefits or money or extra perks, any person feeling altruistic can be a moderator. I have been a moderator for multiple streamers, in 2 Minecraft servers and also in pokemon showdown community, they do not pay me anything and neither do I ask for anything.
The fact that the dev team is completely neglecting the common problems of the websites and celebrating their favoritism is just sad to see.
These problems range from endless bugs to market loopholes to aggrandizing egregious market economy is just to say the least that the devs are just implementing their favoritism. There are scammers on the website, in the community, heck they scam in the third party by being an advocate on behalf of the zbt.com system, and children do fall for it.
No jealousy involved, Moderators and national agents. I do not know if they actually work, but I guess that they are an important part of the system, honestly, though I think national agents are just for the name.
Devs proudly announce the perk intake for the mods, but does nothing for the entire resting community problems, is just sad to see. Hope yall can change this, like this to raise this post in front of the eyes of the devs and to make them read that they are on the wrong path here, just diverted from their actual goal.
Thank you and again no jealousy.