[simondotau]

Okay but that’s not remotely analogous. Leveraging an existing monetised readership for referral credits isn’t “work”.

[p_j_w]

1. What is it then?

2. If it’s not hard work, then why didn’t Tesla go out and do it themselves instead of mooching off someone else to do it?

[ImPostingOnHN]

> Leveraging an existing monetised readership for referral credits isn’t “work”.

it is literally a situation in which a business pays someone for doing a job (e.g. referring customers)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Referral_economy

[malfist]

Then what is it?