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pumpfun’s $50 referral campaign was actually a lie the pitch was simple, $50 for you, $50 for every friend you invite who deposits $50. I even posted about it myself, it looked like a good way to get friends into the trenches but look at what launched at the same time: pump raised its fees to 0.45%, basically the same as fomo (0.5%, 0.45% with a code). the app that sold everyone on 0% fees quietly matched its competitor, and the headline everyone saw was "free $50" and then there's what happens when you actually use it i have a friend who's been trying to get into the trenches for months but doesn't have the funds. he saw this and went all in. shared his pump referral everywhere, instagram stories, classmates, coworkers, anyone who'd listen ~80 people signed up in 7 days. 36 of them deposited real money result? he got banned. every single person he referred got banned. nobody got the $50. not him, not the 36 people who trusted him enough to put their own money in. all real people from his city no warning, no explanation, no rewards these weren't bots or farm wallets. they were students and coworkers making their first crypto deposit, the exact "next wave from the masses" pump keeps saying they're building for and their first experience in crypto was getting banned from the app their friend recommended you put your name on the line to onboard people you know, and if the platform decides your growth looks too good, you're the one who has to explain to 36 people why their bonus never came