1. thx for the warning^^

Psst: and we all know the lindens wont admit ANYTHING that is worng >.> they are right and we worng @_@

Posted at 7:11:10 PM on 1/24/2009 by Sakura23

2. Wow. They take new members but don't pay up. That is low and a good plain scam. I would think its illegal? Hmm.

Posted at 6:48:05 AM on 1/25/2009 by miss. hathaway

3. I've been thinking about this recently again too, thanks for bringing attention to it. I've honestly not seen a referral program run so poorly - with no stats or any information at all given to the affiliates, when these issues have been ignored for over two years.

Posted at 10:50:17 AM on 1/25/2009 by fianna idora

4. I agree Fianna - this is without any doubt the worst managed affiliate program I've ever seen. I'm not sure why it seems to be so hard for Linden Lab to show some reports online unless of course they're keeping track of all this through spreadsheets instead of a database ;)

Posted at 11:25:46 AM on 1/25/2009 by admin

5. Well, unknowingly I think I got even with them. When I first joined, oh so many years ago, I referred my friend Dug. I never got anything from linden till about two years ago. Every month for a whole year they sent me 1500 lindens for the the one referal. Unfortunately after a year it stopped but it was mighty nice income. Now if anyone of you rat on me...

Posted at 4:22:46 PM on 1/25/2009 by Jezebel Marlin

6. Hehe - I guess a broken affiliate program isn't bad for everybody huh? Lucky you Jez!

Posted at 9:03:35 PM on 1/25/2009 by admin

7. I had something similar to Jezebel actually, though I didn't cream nearly as much as that! I got several payment of 1000L for some guy I never met!
It just goes to show what a broken program it always was - even when it was working.
Thank you for bringing this to our attention Yo.

Posted at 10:26:43 PM on 1/25/2009 by kiwidude klinger

8. The referral payments did work somewhat for a short while - after a few months, I continued to recieve payments, but instead of the proper avatar name in my inworld notification, it seemed to be reverting to the the name of my first avatar referral. I believe the payment was for a legitimate referral, but the query that sent the notification was incorrect. Then those stopped (easier to turn it off then to fix it I guess!) and I was still recieving payments but with no notification.. then the payments stopped all together... *sigh*

Posted at 8:14:57 AM on 1/27/2009 by fianna idora

9. I am glad you are bring attention to this again. I referred a friend of mine and did not get anything for over 6 mos after they went premium. Linden Lab seems (again) to want us to promote SL, build their numbers (so they look good to board of directors): all for free. is chump change for them to payout with this program and yet it is always "breaking". makes you think...
~Amber

Posted at 2:48:53 PM on 1/31/2009 by AmbergrisB

10. I think Linden should pay the land owners anyway --- yes, pay after all this time!

Posted at 9:27:03 PM on 2/1/2009 by JaniceMabellon

11. I will tell it to Japanese.

Posted at 12:27:01 AM on 2/2/2009 by sage proto

12. I thought they closed the refer a friend program out over a year ago. It's weird that it's still advertised on their site.

Posted at 10:58:39 AM on 2/9/2009 by kittenanne

13. No the refer-a-friend program is still active according to Linden Lab. They actually know it's broken but haven't had any time to fix it.

Posted at 8:43:06 PM on 2/9/2009 by admin

14. Lets hope that back-pay for us trusty affiliates is on the table when they finally do "find time" :/

Posted at 2:09:52 PM on 2/12/2009 by fianna idora