So I saw threads and chat in game about this. Are you able to use in game currency (diamonds) to get a donor rank? It seems weird "donating" in game items is the equivalent of donating irl money. How does this work, do you just give whole bunch of diamonds to a mod and they give you donor rank, and if so what are prices?
No, you give currency to a player that is willing to donate to the server for you. So they are paying the real money, but you are giving them diamonds.
Yeah, I don't think they would ever make it so you go directly from in-game items to a rank, as that would make it no longer a "donation".
Yeah basically what's already mentioned above; you pay someone who has the amount of real money and pay them the amount of diamonds they want, and the usual diamond to $ rate is 10 Diamonds = $1
If you gave someone the diamonds and they didn't buy the rank, since it's not "trading" could you still report them for scamming?
Yes, and its considered as a very high offence. My recommendation is when you trade with such huge amounts of diamonds, get a moderator to watch the trade or record the deal. Being a victim of a scam of that many diamonds is no fun.