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Powerful change to referral program
blaze Spinnaker
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Join date: 12 Aug 2004
Posts: 5,898
08-17-2005 16:29
Personalized login has been added to the referral program.

http://secondlife.com/community/referral.php

Basically, you can now invite people to enter at a place of your chosing rather than the Orientation island.

This is really awesome. For example, if you wanted to set up a Christian Community, you could do that and greet them when they come in. Once you have enough people in your community.. they could start greeting each other.

Very very cool.
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Jonquille Noir
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Join date: 17 Jan 2004
Posts: 4,025
08-17-2005 16:53
That's perdy cool.

I do wish there was one difference, though... I wish they would go through Orientation Island first, and then from there to our Home locations. That way they would still have the little tutorial at the beginning.
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Lora Morgan
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Join date: 19 Mar 2004
Posts: 779
08-18-2005 04:22
Yeah, I thought they would have at least gone through OI then entered at your home instead of the WA or the Shelter or whatever.
SuezanneC Baskerville
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Join date: 22 Dec 2003
Posts: 14,229
08-18-2005 04:44
There's an option at the OI to skip the learning process, there must be a large percentage of folks who chose this option, judging by the complete ignorance of such basics as how to fly or jump or look up and down displayed by many new arrivals.

More important than skipping learning the basics is that skipping the OI now involves skipping the choice of entry points that is presented at the OI departure area.

This option might be seen as working against the efforts of those providing entry point services, such as the Shelter and the Aerodrome.
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Khamon Fate
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Join date: 21 Nov 2003
Posts: 4,177
08-18-2005 05:33
From: Jonquille Noir
That's perdy cool.

I do wish there was one difference, though... I wish they would go through Orientation Island first, and then from there to our Home locations. That way they would still have the little tutorial at the beginning.

Orientation kits are available at the hellahubs that contain the orientation stations. We can set up our own little "island." This'll be fun. SL according to Khamon. Gosh, this might just be scary.
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Hiro Pendragon
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Join date: 22 Jan 2004
Posts: 5,905
08-18-2005 06:28
*Grins*

Well, I'm glad this is finally implemented... heard about plans for this in the Spring.

Imagine referrals being this process:

1. website: "Hey, look at this cool thing to see in SL! Come check it out for free!"
2. person logs in, if only to supplement the online experience
3. person likes SL, signs up
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