Would Steemit benefit from a referral system? Would you like to be able to stay easily in contact with those you encourage to join Steemit?
Yes, @denmarkguy, of course.
Rewards are extrinsic motivation.
Before referrals would suggest gamifying introductions/referrals, for intrinsic motivation
A number of referrals tab for total number of people signed up through an individual, with an active referrals number, next to the reputation score, colour code, for levelling up as appropriate, @sneak
If interested, I can develop a framework for gamifying newbie acquistion, engagement & retention.
Yes! I completely agree with the gamification of referrals... make it another "social accountability score," similar to reputation. However, @nigelmarkdias, I do think there needs to be some kind of "scale" worked into it to avoid the issue of "dead accounts." Maybe the value needs to be linked-- somehow, I'm not a developer-- to the reputation score of those a person refers... so if you bring in 200 people but they never move off reputations of 25, you don't get much reward. Let's face it, bringing in 10 people who become active community members is worth a LOT more than bringing in 200 who never post a thing.