No, or at least not on this website.
Yes, TheGman is online right now answering questions.
no
It depends on what you mean by pay. Contributors are not paid in cash for answering questions. That said, just answering questions is sort of a payment in itself. It can be satisfying to know you've helped other people, and it is satisfying to get to use your knowledge and share it.
Perhaps there is no one online that knows the answer.
Unfortunately, you cannot get paid by answering a question on answers.com. Many people may want to get paid if they answer a question, but you won't have that kind of luck here.
No. We aren't paid. I do it for fun.
probably working for it 😲
No you don't get paid, just do it for fun 😀
While there are paid staff that may answer questions on occasion, they are being paid for specific areas of work related to the site and its maintenance. And you can win prizes with the contests!
If no one was online, we wouldn't be here answering these questions.
No, you don't get paid for answering questions on answers.com!
Yes. The people who answer are just like you. You contribute questions, and now and then you probably answer questions. There is no staff of paid 'answerers'. Almost any of the hundreds of thousands of contributors take part in answering.