the recruit thing isnt working. it does not seem to be recognizing that someone is hitting your link.

Just hitting the link doesnt do it, they have to registrate using that link.
If that was what you ment, maybe it just needs more time to registrate.

hitting the link brings them to the front page without any real link to my account at all... when they register, it registers them without any recruit thing.

Ok. Are you sure they get the right link then? When I am trying my own link (have to be logged out to try) I dont get sent to the front page, I get get sent to registration right away

When registering they can enter the referral code, which is the EC-######## part of the link; are you sure your link isn't broken in some way? If so, use the manual input method for referrals!

Crouton
@FSCrouton

the link brings them to the signup... my point was that it doesnt actually put any value into the reference code... you still have to give them the reference code. at this point it is just retarded, so i just give my friends the reference code now and tell them to use it during signup because there is absolutely zero reason to use the link.

Word up, it seems for some people the links are working however, I suppose the system is still buggy (beta and all that.)