Good idea regarding the resteem reason. I added it to the list.
The affiliate program has been highly debated. There are valid arguments on both sides of the debate. One idea that is being considered is that the person would need to pay the signup cost to register the new member in order to get rewards from them, and their rewards would just be a small percentage (around 1%) of the recruited member's earnings. This would make it so that users are only recruiting people that they think are going to succeed here, and they would only get paid if the person became a valuable contributor to the community.
I think this is an interesting idea but to incentivize big influencers to advertise to their audience its not going to cut it. It's still better than no affiliate program at all though
edit: Actually from an investment point of view it could make sense if it turns out profitable. Say you refer 100 random people for $1000, you might get your $1000 back from referal fee pretty quickly. Also it encourages advertiser to target the right audience so they have better chance of getting a return.
This would also ease up registration process, so overall i think its a very good idea
I agree this would be the way to do it. Make it super transparent, make it super easy to opt out of, but give people the opportunity to reward their referrer if they so choose and base that reward on the new user's ability to prove their value to the community.
That would be a valid reason. Scary territory in the affiliate realm and as long as it's something nominal where people wouldn't abuse it, I could agree.
Thanks for adding the resteem reason to the list!