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Is SD's meaning of "referral" outdated and hurting SD's obtaining deals?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:
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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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1) SD does not allow referrals
2) By definition everything in hot deals is a referral
3) So what then does SD see as a referral?
4) I see by looking at SD for years that it would be a link which then generates a personal gain to the OP or individual posting the link is what SD is referring to.
5) In the sense of the website linked in my main post the referral is not gaining the OP or poster and personal gain other then getting himself and everyone on SD that deal.
6) What is the difference between posting a link to Walmart where the OP and everyone on SD can get the deal?
7) Why should one referral be against TOS and another referral not be against TOS
It seems the policy was in place before sites like this were around. And my only thought is SD should evolve with how deal websites evolve. If there is a site which is for groups of people getting deals why should SD not be considered a group when everyone gains the same and not one person gains more..
My 2 cents on this topic.
I think I'm gonna cry! If not for my belief that the OP had issues before we crossed paths, I would feel terrible.
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
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There's a reason we had to coin the term "br00ces"
If I link to a walmart deal, I receive nothing for that link. I do not need to get others to sign up to get the deal, nor does walmart give me any incentive for linking that deal.
Hence, it is not a referral link using the correct definition in context.
If I link to a walmart deal, I receive nothing for that link. I do not need to get others to sign up to get the deal, nor does walmart give me any incentive for linking that deal.
Hence, it is not a referral link using the correct definition in context.
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the deals that are allowed to be posted on here can be obtained by going to the website/store directly. you can use the link on SD for convenience, but it's not necessary to get in on the deal.