Referrals?

I just noticed on my public user profile this field called "referrals." Just out of curiosity what is it?

During the registration process, a new user can type in the "username" of the person who referred him to the site. So, each time somebody enters your user name in the "referrer" field during registration, you get an extra point.

Tom

tomw wrote:During the registration process, a new user can type in the "username" of the person who referred him to the site. So, each time somebody enters your user name in the "referrer" field during registration, you get an extra point.

Tom

Is there any way you can update who referred you AFTER registration? My referrer would be tomw! (Go Tech Talks!)

I think tomw would be the largest referer of the entire site!

mkmurray wrote:Is there any way you can update who referred you AFTER registration? My referrer would be tomw! (Go Tech Talks!)

No, it does not allow you to change it.

Tom

thedqs wrote:I think tomw would be the largest referer of the entire site!

Most people don't use that feature because when they hear about the site, the person telling them about the site does not think to put give the potential new user their username to enter in as the referrer. To date, we have only had 23 people enter in the username of the referrer. Of those, Joel Dehlin is winning with 4 refers. The reason he is winning is because he used his real name as his user name. People just typed in his real name and he got credit. I had 3, "The Earl" had 2 and the rest only had one.

What do you think of having a little friendly competition where people try to get others to sign up. You would send all of your friends and family an email telling them how to sign up if they are interested and then making sure they put your username in as the referrer?

Tom

tomw wrote:What do you think of having a little friendly competition where people try to get others to sign up. You would send all of your friends and family an email telling them how to sign up if they are interested and then making sure they put your username in as the referrer?

I think that's a great idea...in fact, it made me think that might be a good addition to the site, some sort of "Refer a Friend" email form you could submit.

What does everyone else think?

I think it is a great idea. I think it might fan the flame of interest and new users to the forum. Now that it has been running for awhile there is quite a bit of good information.

tomw wrote:What do you think of having a little friendly competition where people try to get others to sign up. You would send all of your friends and family an email telling them how to sign up

As a marginally social only-member, I'll just sit back and watch the fun. :p

RussellHltn wrote:As a marginally social only-member, I'll just sit back and watch the fun. :p

Hmmm. I joined due to your post to a genealogy group somewhere--I don't recall which one. Since this type of group is new to me, I didn't notice the referral info when I joined. Oooooops! I have mentioned the group to others, but no bites yet.

scion wrote:Hmmm. I joined due to your post to a genealogy group somewhere--I don't recall which one.

I belong to FHCTech and FHCNET, so I guess it's a 50/50 call. I forgot about the other groups I belong to. I was thinking about face to face.

tomw wrote:What do you think of having a little friendly competition where people try to get others to sign up.

I know this forum is in beta but what does that mean exactly? Does that mean you are not actively promoting it? What criteria needs to be met to move it out of beta status?

We've had other threads that talk about sending out email notices on the various Church email lists but it seems like the forum is still running on word of mouth.

bhofmann wrote:I know this forum is in beta but what does that mean exactly? Does that mean you are not actively promoting it? What criteria needs to be met to move it out of beta status?

We've had other threads that talk about sending out email notices on the various Church email lists but it seems like the forum is still running on word of mouth.

We are running under "beta" like gmail is running under "beta". There is no specific acceptance criteria. I think that leadership wants some "cover" should things go wrong.

Let's get the word out!

Tom

RussellHltn wrote:As a marginally social only-member, I'll just sit back and watch the fun. :p

Social-only member? Your the 3rd highest with number of posts!

mkmurray wrote:I think that's a great idea...in fact, it made me think that might be a good addition to the site, some sort of "Refer a Friend" email form you could submit.

What does everyone else think?

A nice form with a pre-formatted email in which you can add your own personal message would be great.

thedqs wrote:Social-only member? Your the 3rd highest with number of posts!

Bad phrase on my part. Let's just say the set intersection of my tech friends and my member friends is just about non-existent.

Ahh well then make your tech friend members, I am sure there are tons of free copies of the Book of Mormon.

thedqs wrote:Ahh well then make your tech friend members, I am sure there are tons of free copies of the Book of Mormon.

<sigh> I was afraid of that answer. :rolleyes:

tomw wrote:We are running under "beta" like gmail is running under "beta". There is no specific acceptance criteria. I think that leadership wants some "cover" should things go wrong.

Let's get the word out!

Tom

Yes. I see the benefits of having a "cover"! Thanks for the answer and I've been trying to spread the word!

Has anyone had any success in referring their friends and family members to this site?

I should also introduce myself. My name is Cassie and I am an intern for the Church in SLC. I am working on the content for this site. I want it to be as interesting as possible for you guys! I do not have an in depth technical background, but I do have a bit. So please, if you have any suggestions for the site or for getting the word out, let me know!

spclagntcass@gmail.com

Yes, but it was to my father who is very technical. As for getting the word out I usually check the board in semi-public places on BYU campus. (ie the Computer Science/Electrical Engineering computer labs) and that usually gets one or two people asking about it or even finding fellow LDS tech contributors.

As for other ways just mention to fellow members what you have read or learned from the forums and I am sure it will interest them enough to look at it for themselves.

Thanks for the suggestions. I will look into doing that.

tomw wrote:During the registration process, a new user can type in the "username" of the person who referred him to the site. So, each time somebody enters your user name in the "referrer" field during registration, you get an extra point.

You can get a point even if no one manually enters your name. At the 'FAQ' link in the header, search for 'promoting' and it'll show a referral link people can use to link here.

Cool. DIdn't know this. Thanks for asking about this David.