Will the idea of sharing referral links be as effective?

[Cryptomultiplier]

Will referral links shared as invites for newbies not be a way to help add content quality to this forum?

It is in the sense that, referral links from seniors or old knowledgeable members automatically bestows the responsibility of mentorship on the person sharing the link to the newbies of whom accepts and clicks to join through the referral links they were shared to join this Bitcoin talk forum with?

What's your opinion?

[Hatchy]

Referral link? Lol is that something here on BitcoinTalk? Alot of persons here on the forum, who invites others are mostly people whom are very close to them. Maybe friends in real life or family members. And if you are inviting them here, they will definitely look upon you as a tour guide through the forum. They may have to ask you so many questions before they can navigate the forum on their own. Literally you become their mentor as they keep note of what you do and how you do it so they can learn.

[Cryptomultiplier]

Referral link? Lol is that something here on BitcoinTalk? Alot of persons here on the forum, who invites others are mostly people whom are very close to them. Maybe friends in real life or family members. And if you are inviting them here, they will definitely look upon you as a tour guide through the forum. They may have to ask you so many questions before they can navigate the forum on their own. Literally you become their mentor as they keep note of what you do and how you do it so they can learn.

Am coming from the angle that sees referral links being created to support real mentoring if need be, besides the regular sign up and login process that is the current way to own an account and is a task for newbies to conform to when visiting this Bitcointalk forum site.

[Pandorak]

[...] What's your opinion?

That won't help at all, if the referral system is implemented then it will create default links for all users, these links could be misused by irresponsible spammers.

Forget what i said above, because that's not the point, the point is, who wants to responsibly mentor new users without getting paid? users in this forum have their own lives, and if new users have questions, they can immediately make a thread & other members can answer them.

[OcTradism]

Will referral links shared as invites for newbies not be a way to help add content quality to this forum?

If newbies search about Bitcoin, and with one of key words as forum like Bitcoin + forum, they will be directed here by many search engines.

The forum is not an exchange so a referral link does not bring anything to a referrer, no income and what is benefit of it. In some years ago like 2017 and 2018, with ICO appearances, many altcoin projects direct newbies, spammers to this forum and it only brings traffics but the negative effect is spam a lot.

As consequence of spam, forum has the merit system since 2018. Will referral links cause a new spam generation in the forum?

Will we have merit system version 3.0 plus referral links?

[Solosanz]

What's the benefit?

If you're only ask seniors or old users to become a volunteer without any reward, I really doubt they want to do it when most users in this forum will not make a post when they're not participate in signature campaign.

And if there's a reward, I expect people will abuse it, so the administrators need to put extra work.

[Nwada001]

I also do think otherwise of this referral system; it might only end up bringing in more spam to the forum than before, since those you might share the referral link with might think there is something to benefit in an instant as soon as they sign up, which will be different. 
 
And another thing is that when you use your referral link to refer people directly to this place and one or two of such people carry out a scam scheme that affects members of the forum, won't the person who invited him or her here be held accountable to some point? 

[EarnOnVictor]

Will referral links shared as invites for newbies not be a way to help add content quality to this forum?

It is in the sense that, referral links from seniors or old knowledgeable members automatically bestows the responsibility of mentorship on the person sharing the link to the newbies of whom accepts and clicks to join through the referral links they were shared to join this Bitcoin talk forum with?

What's your opinion?

My thought is that anyone who wants others to benefit from Bitcointalk can simply share "bitcointalk.org" with them. This forum is a non-profit forum to warrant paying referrers, nor is it ready to give a kind of privilege to the person who referred the most. What if the person is even a low-quality poster? This will always be a discouragement. Also, don't forget that if allowed, many will refer themselves, their friends and family who are not even interested in the forum and still claim the possible benefits.

On the privacy aspect, this forum is more privacy-incline, the moment too many people are linked to you through referrals, the more your privacy is being compromised. We don't have to know who knows who.

[Pokapoka124]

Newbies do not need a mentor for Bitcointalk. Anyone who creates an account here can find the Beginners & Help section and learn from what the older members of the forum posted. This idea will only encourage newbies to be lazy and can slow down their learning because they might be overly dependent on their mentor and will not go any further in researching if not instructed by their mentor.

What’s so difficult about making some researches yourself. DYOR and stop acting naive all the time. When you are stuck on something, you can ask on the forum or better still use the search engine

[JiiBs]

I don’t think the forum has a referrer link nor do I see a need for that. The forum is one with a lot of traffic as I see it compared to other forums on the web and it’s not in any competition with any as well.

I don’t see how and why someone would be sticking out his or her neck to be a mentor when, you could learn from anyone and everyone.
Also, just having to invite someone and then, getting to teach to them what you know serves the same purpose as is proposed on the OP. A referrer would only mean, a way to draw attention to yourself or as one that have some many invites to their name and I see how this could constitute a lot of problems.

People will be in the league of who have or haven’t invited more and in some way, your referrers would be tide to you as one who knows them and is supposed to teach to them. There isn’t a need for a referrer or mentorship.

[Alpha Marine]

It's an awful idea in my opinion. I think the forum should be for people who want to learn and made a research and found themselves here. It has to be a forum for people interested in bitcoin. With referral link people would go about bring every kind of people to the forum even people that are not interested or can't contribute in the forum.
There is already a link to get to the forum, all you need to do is copy and send to anybody you meet who is genuinely ready to learn about bitcoin or someone who is looking for a reputable bitcoin community to be part of.
I don't see a need for a referral link, no point at all.

[Bravut]

I disagree with your narrative and ideology behind sharing referral links to invite more people to the Forum,  I believe more people will join, but would lead to illegal dealings (Monetary in name of Tutorials, many more), in the name of Mentorship besides this is a general forum where anyone can come and learn about Bitcoin Ecosystem themselves of which there is also a Discussion Board for Beginners (newbies), so I see no need for Mentorship when question and also answers can be sorted out, unless the individual is dumb or probably find ot difficult to comprehend stuffs.

[Jet Cash]

I use links to this forum to try to persuade people to pay me using Bitcoin. I still think that the best way to pick up Bitcoin is to sell stuff, and accept payment in Bitcoin. It's a bit of a struggle though, and the high value of Bitcoin puts off some people.

[coin-investor]

Will referral links shared as invites for newbies not be a way to help add content quality to this forum?

It is in the sense that, referral links from seniors or old knowledgeable members automatically bestows the responsibility of mentorship on the person sharing the link to the newbies of whom accepts and clicks to join through the referral links they were shared to join this Bitcoin talk forum with?

What's your opinion?

This forum will end up as a CPA forum members will just get a link to sites like Clickbank use their status to monetize to get sign ups, we should not use our status to abuse newbies in exchange for mentorship when we should do it for free.
And since referral links are allowed expect a lot of spammers, shills and fake marketers in this forum these people will not share their knowledge without getting something in return.

[EL MOHA]

Will referral links shared as invites for newbies not be a way to help add content quality to this forum?

It is in the sense that, referral links from seniors or old knowledgeable members automatically bestows the responsibility of mentorship on the person sharing the link to the newbies of whom accepts and clicks to join through the referral links they were shared to join this Bitcoin talk forum with?

What's your opinion?

I still think you haven’t put out the main reason why a referral is needed here. First referrals are used when you wish to create traffic on your channel and this are basically done but forums looking to earn money through it which is definitely not this type of forum. Again people sharing referrals are rewarded for their work this forum isn’t a generating any money from registrations to warrant paying those who will share them. Even if it starts paying them then here will be filled with spam as many people will be just here for that purpose and not to add any value or learn anything.

Lastly why do one needs to send links to some that wants to learn, I think they the learners are the ones that needs to find help and should someone decides to bring them here, the normal link will be there to use

[robelneo]

My vote includes
Yes, it would be effective   - 0 (0%)
No, it won't and should not be talked about   - 6 (100%)
Total Voters: 6

Prohibiting referral links is a way for the forum to prevent spammers, fake developers, and admins from creating an announcement.
Imagine casino promoters or any other platforms that thrive on referrals imitating the developers to get sign-ups. It will be effective for affiliates to get sign-ups, but it will mess up the forum, and it will be added work for moderators to weed out spammers.
 

[DubemIfedigbo001]

Referral link? Lol is that something here on BitcoinTalk? Alot of persons here on the forum, who invites others are mostly people whom are very close to them. Maybe friends in real life or family members. And if you are inviting them here, they will definitely look upon you as a tour guide through the forum. They may have to ask you so many questions before they can navigate the forum on their own. Literally you become their mentor as they keep note of what you do and how you do it so they can learn.

Am coming from the angle that sees referral links being created to support real mentoring if need be, besides the regular sign up and login process that is the current way to own an account and is a task for newbies to conform to when visiting this Bitcointalk forum site.

No no no no, this forum is not a Ponzi scheme, nor is it about network marketing. On the other hand, I think it would reduce the anonymity we do enjoy here in the forum and somehow stain the good reputation of well meaning members if your downlines behave wrongly. We mentor people about bitcoin and proper engagement in the forum regularly, but its not necessary being too open or loud about it.

Furthermore, for decentralization to still be promoted in bitcoin adoption, there should be no obvious ties between members of the forum for the gospel to be effective and I'm very comfortable knowing that I am responsible only for my account on this forum and my performance is not measured by some people who may not be really serious.

[mindrust]

Sharing referral links is a tricky subject.

If you have an account on a popular social media platform, the chances are they already banned sharing ref links. It because the owners don’t want to have garbage content on their platform. They want you to work for free and they will put their own ref links in their ad space.

If you have your own platform (a website, forum etc) which has many visitors or a youtube channel where it is easier to share these stuff, then the chances are you are a good content creator already and it means you know your stuff.

I suggest you to take the hard way and focus on your content first. Whether it is a youtube channel, blog, art gallery it doesn’t matter. All of them have their own audience. Spamming links will get you nowhere.

[Orpichukwu]

I use links to this forum to try to persuade people to pay me using Bitcoin. I still think that the best way to pick up Bitcoin is to sell stuff, and accept payment in Bitcoin. It's a bit of a struggle though, and the high value of Bitcoin puts off some people.

If it's just for payment purposes only, I don't think people should worry about the value, as what they are expected to pay for each purchase will be measured and the bitcoin price will leave no disadvantage.
 
Unless it's for those who wish to buy and hold it as a reserve or for whatever reason, looking at the value and declining the decision to buy is also not a good idea, as the price they meet today might be considered the cheapest value compared to what it might be in the near future.

Back to the matter of the day, I also don't see a need for referrals; the forum doesn't have a need for that. If you need to invite anyone to the forum, it can be done even without using a referral link, and one can still choose a mentor on the forum without knowing who brought them there.

[PX-Z]

If it's just for payment purposes only, I don't think people should worry about the value, as what they are expected to pay for each purchase will be measured and the bitcoin price will leave no disadvantage.

Don't categorize people has always the idea of bitcoin=bitcoin, maximalist have that kind of thinking. Most people who came buy, hold, invest on bitcoin is because of its price — in exchange of USD or its local currencies.

Sharing referral links in a forum is an obvious useless, even on social media platforms too, experienced it on different forums as most users there have an idea how it works. I'm an affiliate for several years now, i usually get invites from my sites banner and content also for third party ads, either google or facebook ads.