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Re:Gaming Robinhood’s Free Stock Promotion – Or, How to Blow... by astura on Saturday October 21, 2017 @05:04PM (#15523616)
Robinhood's original referral promotion (and the one I signed up for) was $10. Presumably people were just collecting the $10 and not using it to buy stock so they pretty quickly changed it to "1 stock." If it were still $10 the person would have made $230 rather than losing money.

Also, what's the TOS on this referral promotion? IIRC, for many services these referral codes are for private distribution and forbid this sort of thing.

Re:Gaming Robinhood’s Free Stock Promotion – Or, How to Blow... by uberstuber on Saturday October 21, 2017 @06:22PM (#15523948)
I didn't find anything in the TOS strictly forbidding it, though I wouldn't be surprised if I overlooked it. I figure it's still a win for Robinhood if they get more sign-ups.
Re:Gaming Robinhood’s Free Stock Promotion – Or, How to Blow... by stockstream on Saturday October 21, 2017 @08:04PM (#15524324)
I'm quite certain its ok to share referral codes in that way- I've referred probably thousands of people though my project.

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Re:Gaming Robinhood’s Free Stock Promotion – Or, How to Blow... by astura on Saturday October 21, 2017 @11:45PM (#15525061)
Ok, thanks. I had just saw something like that for another service at some point so I thought it might be common.

For example, the Uber policy:

>Uber may, in its sole discretion, create referral and/or promotional codes ("Promo Codes") that may be redeemed for discounts on future Services and/or a Third Party Provider's services, or other features or benefits related to the Services and/or a Third Party Provider's services, subject to any additional terms that Uber establishes. You agree that Promo Codes: (i) must be used for the intended audience and purpose, and in a lawful manner; (ii) may not be duplicated, sold or transferred in any manner, or made available to the general public (whether posted to a public form or otherwise), unless expressly permitted by Uber;

Reading it again that might not actually say what I thought it did.