Suggestion: Take Away the $3 Forum Posting Bonus

[springsgardner]

I agree! Keep the bonus! I'm having a hard enough time getting credit for offers I complete and finding offers that I can afford to complete. I've put my link out there to get referrals, but none yet. So, keep the bonus!

[Oryon20]

I'm not for replacing the forum bonus in favor of free advertising/marketing for a month.  As several others stated, some on here either aren't very good marketers, nor care to market.  They're happy earning the money they can through the offers and don't care about referrals.  Heck, some users might not even belong to any other programs besides FusionCash.  So for these type of people, this would be useless, whereas the actual $3.00 is something tangible.  I also agree that the $3.00 bonus makes FusionCash unique from other GPT sites.

However, I think oldbuddy could be on to something.  I understand why the rules are in place in regards to links.  Even with telephone verification needed before posting, this place would turn into a haven of spam.  But, there are many people on here who have been here a long time and proven to be loyal members, rule abiding, and not here to use it purely as a means to try and self promote.

I think it would be intriguing if senior type members were eventually allowed some extra perks (like oldbuddy's idea of linkage in signatures).  How you earned this perk would have to be determined.  Basing it on post counts is not a good method, as a spammer could come in and make a bunch of crappy posts in a month or two to hit the mark.  A better way would be something like x amount of cashouts, x amount of money earned, or even x amount of approved forum bonuses.  Or a combination of any of those if need be.  If you did something like just days as a member, people could still just sign-up and then wait out the time limit without really doing offers.  There also could be levels on these, like once you hit a certain amount, you're allowed one link, the next level allows two links, etc, until you reach a final level where you're only allowed whatever would be determined the max amount of links in a signature.

Just a thought.

[oonamas]

I think I'll take $3 over a link!!!

[vb543]

I like the $3 bonus. I am not sure how well that link would convert in the signature.

[bschumacher]

Keep the bonus! I enjoy the forum, but not enough to post without the bonus.

[frozenimage]

no way! don't take the bonus away, ever realized how hard it is to reach cashout without it? I'm sorry but, not everyone feels the same way as you do

[mx3madman]

I think that is a bad idea...The forum bonus has helped me earn my checks and there are others On the site that I think would agree that there still should be a bonus for posting.

[mynevaeh]

Bad idea.  The signature line can be incorporated into a contest.  The winner (s) can get a signature line for a certain amount of time.  If the bonus is taken away the forum will die people will stop posting which will defeat the purpose of a showing a signature line.  Less people posting mean less will click on the signature.

I have to agree with you.  It's hard enough trying to get a referral to sign-up here on FC never mind trying to promote something else rather than a sure thing.  I vote keep the $3 for posting.

[ajann1983]

i'd rather keep the $3 posting bonus each month. THis is something that i look forward to getting at the end of the month.

[Annella]

I'll have to agree with the majority here in this thread. Since you have a real marketing system going Old Buddy, it's seems like a good idea for you. However, a lot of others have no desire to focus on referrals. I've been trying to get referrals, and even in this economy.....no dice....so far. It also comes with problems before as was stated earlier with spammers, etc.

Maybe Fusion Cash can give the senior members that option. I myself love that $3 bonus. I especially like the kick start it gives me for the next month, so I'm not starting at ground zero. Just my 2 cents.

[bessie1111]

My vote is to keep the $3 forum posting bonus.  The forum bonus has helped to create a community here.  

I also like Oldbuddy's idea and perhaps a signature link can be an award to another contest here on Fusion Cash.

[sgxt120r]

No thanks, I love this, it's a great way to make some money and to keep people in contact with one another on fusion cash. If anyone has a question, it's also a good way to find help.

[BizELady]

I don't want the forum posting bonus taken away.  I like getting paid for my participation :-)

[luvh8tragedy87]

Agreed, keep the $3 bonus. As long as you make quality posts it's guaranteed extra money. As opposed to trying to get referrals.

[sdenimandlace1]

I'm sorry  I like the $3 dollar bonus, its a sure thing.