Comment by Dylan16807
7 hours ago
> Leveraging an existing monetised readership for referral credits isn’t “work”.
> Is it fraud if he paid $0 for non-existent roadsters?
How do you think readership gets monetised in the first place? The biggest way is ads, which includes referrals.
Do you dismiss paid ad placement the same way you dismiss referrals? If not, what makes it different?
> Referral credits are legal fictions
A promise for $100 of stuff isn't exactly the same as a promise for $100, but it's close. Debt is a "legal fiction" but that doesn't mean it's not legitimate, or that you can pretend it doesn't exist.
> Do you dismiss paid ad placement the same way you dismiss referrals? If not, what makes it different?
The contract
Referrals usually have a contract. I don't know what went wrong in this situation, but in general those systems are just as legally binding.