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Is SD's meaning of "referral" outdated and hurting SD's obtaining deals?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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Great, now fiance is on the phone and on his way home...and no meatloaf in the oven yet...
I blame you two..
I blame you two..
I blame you two..
It was a 10 year old recipe with a twist! I referred it to a few people too.
Meatloaf tomorrow night now....they already closed the schools for tomorrow and he might not have to work ( has to call in the morning...that will be 2 days UPS closed because of snow already this month alone
Ok so where were we?
Oh yea, SD is stuck in it's ways and only allows the referrals they want..
In this case, the link that I posted wasn't really a "referral link" as per the usual definition that would normally be subject to a mod alert and removal. My understanding of a "bad" referral link is that a link that encourages people to buy a product so that the person who posted the link can benefit monetarily or by gaining some kind of site credit.
The link I posted, however, wouldn't result in either benefit. Like the OP said, wouldn't you agree it works the same way as a link to a Groupon deal? If 5 people or more purchase a product, the deal to buy the product at a lower price goes live and everyone wins. If no one is interested in buying the product, then the deal never goes live.
I think that perhaps I screwed myself/my own thread over by bringing attention to the link by stating that it "was not a referral link." I did that simply because I wanted to make sure the mods knew that the deal was similar to the Sephora giftcard deal, which was pretty awesome but only worked (for me at least) because that particular OP posted her own link. I thought it was extremely contradictory for the mods to censor my deal, while the Sephora deal was made available to users without any issues. Yeah, arguing about the definition of a "referral link" is really lame, but since Bloomspot and other sites seem to be doing this kind of deal more often, wouldn't it be necessary to re-examine the guidelines of the definition?
Sorry for the long post; I felt the need to rant this out cuz it logically doesn't make sense to me. But whatever, I'm a guest of SD so I'll abide by the house rules.
/rant
wait, if you give me some and I get it because of you...then it's a referral
I can haz NO POPCORN anymore...
...wait when did we get a new Mod?
It was a 10 year old recipe with a twist! I referred it to a few people too.
...wait when did we get a new Mod?
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In this case, the link that I posted wasn't really a "referral link" as per the usual definition that would normally be subject to a mod alert and removal. My understanding of a "bad" referral link is that a link that encourages people to buy a product so that the person who posted the link can benefit monetarily or by gaining some kind of site credit.
The link I posted, however, wouldn't result in either benefit. Like the OP said, wouldn't you agree it works the same way as a link to a Groupon deal? If 5 people or more purchase a product, the deal to buy the product at a lower price goes live and everyone wins. If no one is interested in buying the product, then the deal never goes live.
I think that perhaps I screwed myself/my own thread over by bringing attention to the link by stating that it "was not a referral link." I did that simply because I wanted to make sure the mods knew that the deal was similar to the Sephora giftcard deal, which was pretty awesome but only worked (for me at least) because that particular OP posted her own link. I thought it was extremely contradictory for the mods to censor my deal, while the Sephora deal was made available to users without any issues. Yeah, arguing about the definition of a "referral link" is really lame, but since Bloomspot and other sites seem to be doing this kind of deal more often, wouldn't it be necessary to re-examine the guidelines of the definition?
Sorry for the long post; I felt the need to rant this out cuz it logically doesn't make sense to me. But whatever, I'm a guest of SD so I'll abide by the house rules.
/rant
pass the
pass the
Thats not "referral popcorn" is it?
Thats not "referral popcorn" is it?
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