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You're not the only one. I am losing almost $500 in credits. I definitely won't be promoting them anymore. Guess I'll need to start looking for another company

You're not the only one. I am losing almost $500 in credits. I definitely won't be promoting them anymore. Guess I'll need to start looking for another company for my websites.

nickjj 5y ago
Someone who follows me on Twitter DM'd me and mentioned they are about to lose $7,400 in credits. I don't care about karma or anything but I really hope this post hits the front page because this is a case of a publicly traded company benefiting from years of the community heavily promoting them and then now they're negating all of that, and stealing back all of those years of credits. It's like them directly reaching into your bank account and taking out that money because the transaction has already occurred to refer the customer to them. The main issue is DO only offers referral payouts in the form of credits. Most other companies would pay out referrals over ACH or PayPal, not credits.
crazypython 5y ago
Linode has similar pricing and performance at the same price. They have very similar services, including Kubernetes, but not including databases. They've been in business for longer than DO and are profitable. My referral link: https://www.linode.com/?r=0d2070f132f02d20a51d54ad971cba7a50e8bb04 https://www.linode.com/?r=0d2070f132f02d20a51d54ad971cba7a50... Comparison: https://www.linode.com/digitalocean-vs-linode/ https://www.linode.com/digitalocean-vs-linode/ Performance benchmark: https://www.vpsbenchmarks.com/compare/docean_vs_linode https://www.vpsbenchmarks.com/compare/docean_vs_linode
prirun 5y ago
I tried DO a few years ago, but every page on their site required me to enable a bunch of 3rd-party domains in NoScript. I switched to Vultr. Only 1 domain to enable for all their pages and they have also been very reliable. I only use it for test VMs, but just leave one running because it's only $2.50 a month or something. I have a Linode VM too for production (HashBackup update server) and am really happy with them. At the time, Linode didn't have ultra cheap VMs, though it does now.

You're not the only one. I am losing almost $500 in credits. I definitely won't be promoting them anymore. Guess I'll need to start looking for another company for my websites.

nickjj 5y ago

Someone who follows me on Twitter DM'd me and mentioned they are about to lose $7,400 in credits. I don't care about karma or anything but I really hope this post hits the front page because this is a case of a publicly traded company benefiting from years of the community heavily promoting them and then now they're negating all of that, and stealing back all of those years of credits. It's like them directly reaching into your bank account and taking out that money because the transaction has already occurred to refer the customer to them. The main issue is DO only offers referral payouts in the form of credits. Most other companies would pay out referrals over ACH or PayPal, not credits.

crazypython 5y ago

Linode has similar pricing and performance at the same price. They have very similar services, including Kubernetes, but not including databases. They've been in business for longer than DO and are profitable. My referral link: https://www.linode.com/?r=0d2070f132f02d20a51d54ad971cba7a50e8bb04 https://www.linode.com/?r=0d2070f132f02d20a51d54ad971cba7a50... Comparison: https://www.linode.com/digitalocean-vs-linode/ https://www.linode.com/digitalocean-vs-linode/ Performance benchmark: https://www.vpsbenchmarks.com/compare/docean_vs_linode https://www.vpsbenchmarks.com/compare/docean_vs_linode

prirun 5y ago

I tried DO a few years ago, but every page on their site required me to enable a bunch of 3rd-party domains in NoScript. I switched to Vultr. Only 1 domain to enable for all their pages and they have also been very reliable. I only use it for test VMs, but just leave one running because it's only $2.50 a month or something. I have a Linode VM too for production (HashBackup update server) and am really happy with them. At the time, Linode didn't have ultra cheap VMs, though it does now.