I did some research on the Rented Referral statistics members post in Clixters forum and the results are once again annoying..
Take a look at this :
Quote:Adrien's Stats :
- 27/05/2014 | DR : 184 : AVG : 2.52 | RR : 200 : AVG : 2.00
- 27/05/2014 | DR : 193 : AVG : 2.54 | RR : 200 : AVG : 2.00
Quote:James0000's Stats :
DATE-------RR------CLICKS------Earn------AVG (100RR earning per day)
05.28 ------ 200 ------ 400 --------2.92$------ 1.46
Quote:etgift's Stats :
DATE-------RR------CLICKS------AVG
05.28 ------ 100 ------ 200 --------2.0
Quote:bappichanda's Stats :
RR----------Clicks---------------Credited clicks---------------Earned
100----------100----------------------- 67------------------------- $0.335
Quote:shahzyk's Stats :
Date-----------------RR----------Clicks---------------Credited clicks---------------Earned
27/05/2014-------100----------100----------------------- 56------------------------- $0.28
Quote:kimmoto01's Stats :
dd/mm/yy--RR--today click--AVG
27/05/14--050--0100--2.000
Well, I think it's pretty obvious that RRs are once again bots.. that is sad and unethical at least.. even if it can be profitable for the users like that it will not be for the site or its advertisers in the long term. I mean ok, it works close to the way shares work only the admin decides what each one will be able to earn and that takes away all of the potential in earning more or less based on a site's real activity.
It started out on Bux.to, then a lot of other programs adopted that method. Even if Neobux doesn't use them anymore, they've helped a lot in perfecting it in my opinion, by masking usernames with numbers (that's much easier to implement and abuse). Nowadays it is spread so widely and we all know where that led the whole industry..
Basically to tell the truth, there's no actual way to prove if a program uses bots or not, but at least we know the plattforms that support them (PTCEvolution, Buxhost, etc.) and it's annoying when you see examples like this one above where a standard average is so "set up" like...
In real life it's practically impossible to achieve such round averages like 1.0 or 2.0 among teams of 100 or 200 RRs every freaking single day.. That is like putting a label on your site that screams.. "HELLO? WE RENT BOTS AND WE DON'T CARE IF YOU NOTICE OR NOT!"..
So why ruin your reputation with such a bad practice especially when you are trying really hard to keep it at a good standing?
Am I wrong there? I think I might even point this post to Wiktor.. in the end it might end up helpful to them..