RE: Splinterlands: Expand Referral Program
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I like your proposal on this topic, and I want to add my thoughts.
We have learned that any drip of value will be hunted in this space.
Thus if there are tangible rewards in the system, then people will attempt to abuse that system for their own gain.
I think there are two things you could consider for your proposal:
- Can the ToS be used to protect against bad faith actors that exploit the referral rewards?
- Are you creating a scenario where its "better" to purchase on an alternative account than a "main" account?
I am not a fan of a completely unmonitored system for the Gold tier where rewards become "real" in the form of DEC. Whitelisting is good, but there should also be automated monitoring in place to catch/flag abusers, so that things just don't go on until they explode. (Simplest flagging rule would be: Transfer of assets/token to their referral account)
Thanks for the proposal. Community is a driver for adoption :)
Thanks for the thoughtful comment.
(1) I believe the ToS already protects against bad faith actors, but that is definitely something @davemccoy & team should ensure is the case. If someone is fast-tracked to Gold Tier and then blatantly violates the terms, I believe they should stop receiving benefits.
(2) On the scenario you're talking about, I think that's only the case if there's collusion between a referrer and referee accounts, and it should be prevented by the ToS and discovered with some automated analysis of what accounts are doing. E.g. if an account uses a referral code and then the referrer account is paying a dividend of some kind to the referee, that should flag something for the team to look at. It's not immediate disqualification of course, as some users may use rebates as an incentive to use their account as referrer (I've done this in the past, with mixed success), however if it's systematic and with no end, then it's likely abuse.
Completely agree with layers of automated monitoring. We need that even if we do nothing in fact, to ensure that any account who does reach Gold (whether granted or on its own) isn't abusing the rewards system.
I agree that unmonitored systems are not the right way to go. If this passes then we will strive to whitelist people that we can monitor.