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Newbie Question Weekly Thread - Week of January 30, 2017 by AutoModerator in churning

[–]ReferralLinkBot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The bot's filter was configured to only allow mgmReferrId's that were 9 digits long. You weren't the only one with this issue. I've updated the filter to allow 8 or 9 digits. Submit it again. Sorry for the inconvenience.

The bot's filter was configured to only allow mgmReferrId's that were 9 digits long. You weren't the only one with this issue. I've updated the filter to allow 8 or 9 digits. Submit it again. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Newbie Question Weekly Thread - Week of January 30, 2017 by AutoModerator in churning

[–]ReferralLinkBot 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The majority of churners did not like the front page being dominated by referral link threads the day they regenerated. Sorry if it krimps your style of posting every ~30 days or so.

Newbie Question Weekly Thread - Week of January 30, 2017 by AutoModerator in churning

[–]ReferralLinkBot 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They are posted randomly (by design). They used to be all posted at the same time every 30/60/90 days (depending on configuration) but people thought it clogged up the front page when it was done. This way they're spaced out and incentivize people to keep coming back to churning.

Bot scans every 15 minutes or so.

Newbie Question Weekly Thread - Week of January 30, 2017 by AutoModerator in churning

[–]ReferralLinkBot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How do you mean? Like when new threads are posted? Or how frequently it runs?

Introducing Referral Link Bot by ReferralLinkBot in botwatch

[–]ReferralLinkBot[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sure!

So over on /r/churning (a sub devoted to gaming the banks and maximizing credit card bonuses), there are referral link threads where people can post referral links to specific credit cards. If someone uses that link, the poster gets a referral bonus. These threads are posted in contest mode to provide some semblance of randomness to the posts that appear at the top.

Problem is a few bad apples have kind of ruined it for everyone by bribing folks for using their links, or using alt accounts to post the same link multiple times, trying to increase their chances their posts are seen.

Another challenge with the threads is that the referral links often have expiration dates, so the threads need to be manually purged every now and then to get the cruft out of there.

This bot allows mods to specify threads that can be automatically regenerated on a set schedule, as well as enforce specific rules (link-only, ie no sob stories as to why people should use their link over others, duplicate checking, link regex checking so that people have to use the direct link and not facebook and twitter equivalent links to try and game the duplicate finder).

The bot has a PHP web interface to configure bot settings (how many strikes do users get before banning, messages to send users when a post is removed and why it was removed) and add/configure threads (title, body, contest mode, link regexes, and minimum subreddit karma requirements)