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Is SD's meaning of "referral" outdated and hurting SD's obtaining deals?
January 11, 2011 at
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Main Issue:
It appears the definition SD uses for referrals is about 10 years old and is actually hurting many from getting deals. In my opinion the reason SD wants to ban referrals is to make it so OP's are not personally gaining from posting a deal. Many times you make $5-$10 per referral to a site. I have posted the definition of referral below which basically means EVERY poster on SD should be banned since everyone is referring people to websites and deals. Am I wrong?
In the following threads:
https://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?
https://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?
https://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?
Sometimes it has been allowed and sometimes removed. The purpose of this website is to get a group of people 5-10 people to buy a deal. Then everyone in that group gets the deal. One thought among SD'ers is SD'ers are a group. The OP is not gaining from referring a link anymore then posting a deal for Walmart and everyone buying it. I hope to bring this to MOD's attention as to maybe bring a change to SD TOS to bring it inline with 2011 way of life online.
Definition of Referral
1. To direct to a source for help or information: referred her to a heart specialist; referred me to his last employer for a recommendation.
2. To assign or attribute to; regard as originated by.
3. To assign to or regard as belonging within a particular kind or class.
4. To submit (a matter in dispute) to an authority for arbitration, decision, or examination.
5. To direct the attention of: refer him to his duties.
******** Please do not post referrals here. This is a discussion on something which has been seen in the Hot Deals Thread and was created here to keep those threads on topic. *********
It appears the definition SD uses for referrals is about 10 years old and is actually hurting many from getting deals. In my opinion the reason SD wants to ban referrals is to make it so OP's are not personally gaining from posting a deal. Many times you make $5-$10 per referral to a site. I have posted the definition of referral below which basically means EVERY poster on SD should be banned since everyone is referring people to websites and deals. Am I wrong?
In the following threads:
https://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?
https://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?
https://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?
Sometimes it has been allowed and sometimes removed. The purpose of this website is to get a group of people 5-10 people to buy a deal. Then everyone in that group gets the deal. One thought among SD'ers is SD'ers are a group. The OP is not gaining from referring a link anymore then posting a deal for Walmart and everyone buying it. I hope to bring this to MOD's attention as to maybe bring a change to SD TOS to bring it inline with 2011 way of life online.
Definition of Referral
1. To direct to a source for help or information: referred her to a heart specialist; referred me to his last employer for a recommendation.
2. To assign or attribute to; regard as originated by.
3. To assign to or regard as belonging within a particular kind or class.
4. To submit (a matter in dispute) to an authority for arbitration, decision, or examination.
5. To direct the attention of: refer him to his duties.
******** Please do not post referrals here. This is a discussion on something which has been seen in the Hot Deals Thread and was created here to keep those threads on topic. *********
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They are not in the OP they are in the thread themselves in replys. Check out the last 2 links I posted and you will see them.
Well it seems the OP post is fine because it does not contain a referral link, it's the people in the threads which the mods are dealing with. So what is the problem again?
https://slickdeals.net/forums/showpost.php?p=
Well it seems the OP post is fine because it does not contain a referral link, it's the people in the threads which the mods are dealing with. So what is the problem again?
he did right here click "3 days ago"
https://slickdeals.net/forums/showpost.php?p=
On that note, welcome to the lounge....you will fit right in here.
And sending PM's ranting about the rules and threatening to mod alert any PM I send in response is ridiculous. Go back to the playgrounds and let the grownups hang out here.
btw, I DID respond to your PM so have fun mod alerting me.
https://slickdeals.net/forums/showpost.php?p=
And yes referrals should be banned or warned.
And yes referrals should be banned or warned.
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OP, are you enjoying the discussion yet?
I am simply bring something up for discussion is that not the reason for this forum?
Already replied to the Mod
Could you please change the terms of service to reflect EXACTLY what you mean by referrals..some people don't understand it.
And send me a beanie hat, we're getting 12+ snow tomorrow and my ears are going to freeze. Everything in the world is your fault now..
I can only imagine the chaos involved if we were to go through every word on the site and pick them apart for dictionary definitions.
I am confident that 99.9999999% of the people on this site know exactly what is meant by "no referral codes".
I am confident that 99.9999999% of the people on this site know exactly what is meant by "no referral codes".
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The meaning we use is the relevant one, and is the correct one to use for a site like this.
Edit: it's also not a 10 year old outdated definition, so that attempted point is flawed to the core