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Is it fraud if he paid $0 for non-existent roadsters? Referral credits are legal fictions, much like how Tesla Roadsters are physical fictions. Trading one fict
by simondotau 10mo ago
Is it fraud if he paid $0 for non-existent roadsters? Referral credits are legal fictions, much like how Tesla Roadsters are physical fictions. Trading one fiction for another isn’t fraud, it’s cosplay.
- gruez 10mo ago>Is it fraud if he paid $0 for non-existent roadsters? Is it fraud if you worked for a startup that promised you options, and then refused to honor/issue those said options? After all, because those options never existed, you also "paid $0 for non-existent [options]"?
- Dylan16807 10mo ago> Leveraging an existing monetised readership for referral credits isn’t “work”. > Is it fraud if he paid $0 for non-existent roadsters? How do you think readership gets monetised in the first place? The biggest way is ads, which includes referrals. Do you dismiss paid ad placement the same way you dismiss referrals? If not, what makes it different? > Referral credits are legal fictions A promise for $100 of stuff isn't exactly the same as a promise for $100, but it's close. Debt is a "legal fiction" but that doesn't mean it's not legitimate, or that you can pretend it doesn't exist.
- simondotau 10mo ago> Do you dismiss paid ad placement the same way you dismiss referrals? If not, what makes it different? The contract
- Dylan16807 10mo agoReferrals usually have a contract. I don't know what went wrong in this situation, but in general those systems are just as legally binding.