Points for Recommendation

hi SDN Moderators,
Is it a good/fair practice to have points given for recommendations during the joining into SDN? i believe 20 points are given for those who refer to newbies.
Regards
Arunkumar Ravi.

Hi Michal,
I like your idea. You get referrer points if your recommendation is contributing to SDN. We will need a while to implement it.
In the meantime we are looking into the abuse. It may take some time until it is reflected in the top contributor list.
I think it is O.K. to get points for referring someone. Unfortunately the measuring stick for online communities are mostly how many members you have.
So it is important to have lots of members, giving points for referring people is our little thank you for your efforts.
Of course we have to fight the abuse.
Remember that these points don't count in any development area. If you see someone being top in the ABAP area that SDNer didn't get there by referring other users.
Best, Mark.

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