ICO referral codes ... your thoughts?

[allycn]

I am a fan of referral codes because who doesn't want to earn some extra altcoin during the ICO. However, I've noticed tons of people sharing their referral codes for the ICO they are supporting by posting it on the ICOs official thread or telling people to send them private messages. Is this practice allowed? What threads is this banned from?

Also, after watching videos / reading articles by other people regarding an ICO sometimes you will see people spamming the comments section with their own referral codes (fortunately most sites allow you to delete comments, but others won't). This drives me mad because the OP / author did all the work (either to shoot the video or write) and all these people are trying to take advantage of a work they didn't do. Do you think this is correct?

[Joel_Jantsen]

I am a fan of referral codes because who doesn't want to earn some extra altcoin during the ICO. However, I've noticed tons of people sharing their referral codes for the ICO they are supporting by posting it on the ICOs official thread or telling people to send them private messages. Is this practice allowed? What threads is this banned from?

It's officially banned from the forum,you technically can't share your referral links whatever the case in a post unless you are optionally providing along with the normal link.You can use your signature for the referral.If you have come across such posts,you should report them to the moderator.

Also, after watching videos / reading articles by other people regarding an ICO sometimes you will see people spamming the comments section with their own referral codes (fortunately most sites allow you to delete comments, but others won't). This drives me mad because the OP / author did all the work (either to shoot the video or write) and all these people are trying to take advantage of a work they didn't do. Do you think this is correct?

That isn't related to the forum and the ICO.There are number of link spamming businesses that do it with bots.I could explain more but it's out of the scope of this post.

[Zeeks]

I'm glad it's banned. It get's to a point it's not about informing others at all but just to gain clicks/coins from ref links.
No matter how good or bad the project is.

[Francis Freeman]

I am a fan of referral codes because who doesn't want to earn some extra altcoin during the ICO. However, I've noticed tons of people sharing their referral codes for the ICO they are supporting by posting it on the ICOs official thread or telling people to send them private messages. Is this practice allowed? What threads is this banned from?

No, putting ref links into your posts isn't allowed by forum rules. There are some exceptions, though.
For example, there are websites which allow new sign ups only if you are "referred" by another user. So, in such particular cases it's okay to put ref links.
Also, you can put ref links into your signature space.

Also, after watching videos / reading articles by other people regarding an ICO sometimes you will see people spamming the comments section with their own referral codes (fortunately most sites allow you to delete comments, but others won't). This drives me mad because the OP / author did all the work (either to shoot the video or write) and all these people are trying to take advantage of a work they didn't do. Do you think this is correct?

Not only it is not correct to the uploaded. It is also useless. These people who spam their ref links in to the comment section of youtube videos are just wasting their time. No one will click on their links and many people will pass on as soon as they see the referral links. Very stupid crowd.

[Nikola282828]

just saw new one for change bank and comsa..not really cool in my opinion..all facebook crypto groups turned to be trash box..everyone sharing their referral links

it is not very cool in any case it will be something to pick up no matter what time.