Do you resent being a 'referral'?

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Do you resent that your referee earns money when you post? I have seen discussions where several people have been worried that they 'earn less' because they have been referred by someone. It is a common feeling but completely untrue! You earn no less by joining MyLot as someone's referral than you would if you joined the site off your own bat! It works like this. Let us say that MyLot have decided to share a percentage of its revenue with its members, depending on their activity here. We don't know the actual amount, but let us say, for argument's sake that it is 50%. They then say that they will also pay (as a 'thank you') 25% of the earnings of each member's referrals. Supposing that each member is also a referral of someone, that means that for each member's activity, they will pay 50% plus a quarter of that (which is 12.5%) of their revenue, so the maximum they would pay for each member would be a figure based on 62.5% of their revenue (leaving 37.5% profit for the company and its shareholders). I should stress that, though my assumption of 50% is not unreasonable, it could be greater or less than that. In any case, whatever they decide to pay their members for their activity is not reduced by the amount they pay for referrals. If there were fewer referrals, MyLot would simply make more profit! So, please don't knock the people who you joined under! They should be your friends, and, ideally, should be supporting you in your goal to earn from being a mamber!