It's become clear that a chain of referrals doesn't work as well as it should (not really anybodies fault because sometimes it just happens wrong) and we have got some members signing up out of order. So I'd like to suggest a different approach to how we operate these threads. I am picturing it working like this ...

When you create a new thread it is moderated and won't appear untill approved.
We will then take the referral link you post and change it to an automatic rotating link (courtesy of Flip-Page)
When someone signs up and they post there referral link, that post will also be moderated. We will approve the post after adding the link to the rotator and removing it from the post.

This way, a random referrer will be displayed in the only link that people can join under and should then be evenly distributed.

Sound good?