clicky: help me be a good mod

[jennlin]

there was a rule on a website/forum that shall not be named that we could not post referral links for places like livingsocial, groupon, etc and the like. cause you know..it stole from their advertisers and they got huffy about it.

what do you guys think?

[amandasw]

I think it's ok if we know you - but if the first thing someone posts is a referral link then I equate it with spam.

[Deleted]

Ditto amandasw

I like that we post referrals because hey, if I'm buyiing it any way, why not help out a Seattle Nextie (who I probably heard about it FROM) possibly get theirs free anyway? And sometime it might be my turn.

[tacocat]

Sept 26, 2012 14:11:44 GMT -5 @ksta said:

Ditto amandasw

I like that we post referrals because hey, if I'm buyiing it any way, why not help out a Seattle Nextie (who I probably heard about it FROM) possibly get theirs free anyway? And sometime it might be my turn.

All of this

[jennlin]

glad we're all on the same team here!

[Deleted]

Sept 26, 2012 14:16:49 GMT -5 tacocat said:

Sept 26, 2012 14:11:44 GMT -5 @ksta said:

Ditto amandasw

I like that we post referrals because hey, if I'm buyiing it any way, why not help out a Seattle Nextie (who I probably heard about it FROM) possibly get theirs free anyway? And sometime it might be my turn.

All of this

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[dawnyp]

I was under the impression that the referral for things like living social or groupon only worked if you referred somebody and it was the first time they ever purchased from the site. If you have purchased from them previously the referl is basically useless. Is this not true?

[jennlin]

Sept 26, 2012 15:54:15 GMT -5 @dawnyp said:

I was under the impression that the referral for things like living social or groupon only worked if you referred somebody and it was the first time they ever purchased from the site. If you have purchased from them previously the referl is basically useless. Is this not true?

not always. groupon, yes. living social, if 3 people buy from your already-purchased-link, then yours is free.

[jennlin]

Sept 26, 2012 15:55:13 GMT -5 jennlin said:

Sept 26, 2012 15:54:15 GMT -5 @dawnyp said:

I was under the impression that the referral for things like living social or groupon only worked if you referred somebody and it was the first time they ever purchased from the site. If you have purchased from them previously the referl is basically useless. Is this not true?

not always. groupon, yes. living social, if 3 people buy from your already-purchased-link, then yours is free.

andplusalso....there's SOOOO many daily deal websites now, that there's no way that every one of us could've purchased from every single one of them already...so if you get one referral, that's $$.

[amandasw]

Sept 26, 2012 15:55:13 GMT -5 jennlin said:

Sept 26, 2012 15:54:15 GMT -5 @dawnyp said:

I was under the impression that the referral for things like living social or groupon only worked if you referred somebody and it was the first time they ever purchased from the site. If you have purchased from them previously the referl is basically useless. Is this not true?

not always. groupon, yes. living social, if 3 people buy from your already-purchased-link, then yours is free.

right - so the link I posted is from living social. I purchased it regardless of what other people do, but if any three people use my link to buy it I'll get mine for free.

[fiddles]

Eh I really don't care. If someone wants to post a link, go for it. For me I think they are posting more as a "Hey look at this great deal I found" instead of a "Hey I want this deal for free so buy buy buy!"

I guess I'm in the camp of if it bothers me I just don't click on it.