Re:Is it fair for Linode to do so?
by cordite on Friday July 11, 2014 @10:51PM
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Do you really need referrals for your server to live?
It does seem innocent, though I didn't see anything about where you posted it yourself.
It may not be like having your AWS key stolen because you accidentally committed to github, but when you toss something out to the public that can be abused and ruin your reputation-how else would they respond?
Re:Is it fair for Linode to do so?
by livid on Friday July 11, 2014 @11:04PM
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No I don't really need it, that's why I found that after seven months.
This afternoon there was a networking outage in Linode Fremont impacted my website, so I clicked several links on Linode website and noticed that.
What disappointed me is that Linode can suspend referral program without notice or giving appeal while still benefiting from traffic, every day our website delivers 150K to 200K impressions of Linode logo.
It does seem innocent, though I didn't see anything about where you posted it yourself.
It may not be like having your AWS key stolen because you accidentally committed to github, but when you toss something out to the public that can be abused and ruin your reputation-how else would they respond?
This afternoon there was a networking outage in Linode Fremont impacted my website, so I clicked several links on Linode website and noticed that.
What disappointed me is that Linode can suspend referral program without notice or giving appeal while still benefiting from traffic, every day our website delivers 150K to 200K impressions of Linode logo.
http://i.imgur.com/evb6Gr9.png
And they stopped payments at 112nd customer.
I was too busy to notice this.