Summary — Billing Support ticket (owner: 1501819015511670885; closed by staff: 1012012939315789865) Issue - User created multiple characters (“bots”), shared invite links, and did not receive the expected referral gold from those characters (they did receive 100 from one invite but none from the created characters). Their primary goal was to access more chat time with characters without buying Pro. Staff actions / troubleshooting - Staff asked for screenshots of the characters’ Edit pages and provided the referral/gold criteria and redemption steps: - Requirements for characters to grant gold: original & well-written, 0–3000 followers/following, no NSFW, no AI-generated text or profile picture, character must be public. - Referral gold must be redeemed by going to profile and tapping the gold amount (it is not added automatically). - Invited people must sign up for the app for the inviter to receive gold. - Staff suggested editing character descriptions (adding quotes, longer bios) to meet the “well-written” requirement. The user updated one character to ~200+ words and added a short biography on request. - Staff explained gold use (posting/sponsoring) and that unlimited chatting requires a Pro subscription. - Later, staff confirmed the problem is a known bug affecting multiple users and reported that the engineering team is investigating. Staff posted announcements to notify users and planned follow-up once the bug is fixed. Final result / status - No resolution yet: the characters still had not granted the expected gold when the ticket was closed. The engineering team is investigating the bug; staff will follow up and announced the issue in the server channels. The user agreed to close the ticket for now and reopen if the problem persists after the fix. Other notes - User expressed frustration and felt staff were dismissive; staff reiterated they were following troubleshooting FAQ until the bug was identified. Staff warned the user about rude behavior during the exchange.