[[help:referral_posting_limit]]

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help:referral_posting_limit [2018/07/24 09:05]
moocher 		help:referral_posting_limit [2021/03/24 13:12] (current)
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-== Referral/Third-party Link Posting Limit ==+== Third-party Link Posting Limit ==
  
 <del>As of 22 January 2013, referral link posting is subject to a per-user throttling that is determined by the quality of past referral deals.</del> <del>As of 22 January 2013, referral link posting is subject to a per-user throttling that is determined by the quality of past referral deals.</del>
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 As of 24 July 2018, third-party posting limits are imposed per third-party site as well as per user.  If multiple associated users are posting third-party links for the same site, the posting limit is shared between them.  As of 24 July 2018, third-party posting limits are imposed per third-party site as well as per user.  If multiple associated users are posting third-party links for the same site, the posting limit is shared between them. 
  
-  * By default, each user and each site is limited to 1 referral post (deal + forum) every 24 hours or 2 referral posts (deal + forum) every rolling week, **however** +As of 22 March 2021, third-party posting limits are combined with the third-party site's own [[https://www.cheapies.nz/wiki/help:store_representative#posting_limits|store posting limits]]. Please refer to that wiki page for posting limit calculations
-  * Sites/users that have posted referral deals that have low votes will be further limited. The vote average is calculated by taking the sum of (positive vote - negative vote) for each deal post, divided by the number of recent deals. +
-    * If the vote average across the recent deals is 0 or below, the associated user cannot submit referral posts until the vote average is corrected over time. +
-    * If the vote average across the recent deals is between 0 and 3, the user cannot submit referral posts for 2 weeks from the last post. +
-    * If the vote average across the recent deals is between 3 and 8, the user's limit is reduced to maximum 1 referral post per week. +
-  * Users who have posted good deals with referral links are rewarded - if the two most recent referral deals made the front page, the limit is increased to 3 posts per week. +
-  * Users who have reached their referral posting limit will see a warning on the deal submission page. If they continue to submit posts with referral links despite the warning, their account will be placed in the penalty box. +
-  * Users who have exceeded their personal or site referral posting limit will not be able submit further posts. +
-  * Users who have reached or exceeded their referral posting limits will be able to see further information on the vote average/breakdown of posts in their post history page, visible to themselves and moderators only.+
  
-Notes: +  * Users who have reached their posting limit will see a **warning on the deal submission page**. If they continue to submit posts with third-party links despite the warning, their account will be placed in the penalty box. 
- +  * Users who have exceeded their personal or site posting limit will not be able submit further posts. 
-  * Posting limit is calculated using a rolling window down to the precision of //seconds//. So for example if a referral deal was posted at 4:45PM yesterday, the OP will not be able to post again until 4:45PM today (assuming 1 per 24 hours limit apply). +  * Users who have reached or exceeded their posting limits will be able to see further information on the vote average/breakdown of posts in their post history page, visible to themselves and moderators only.
-  * Recent deals currently include deals from the past 30 days. +
-  * Vote average is calculated by taking the sum of (positive vote - negative vote) for each deal post, divided by the number of recent deals.+
Last edited by moocher on 2018/07/24 09:05