Why do Russian webmasters react negatively to referral links?

Question

Partnership programs

Why do Russians , mostly techies and webmasters, get so bombed because you throw them a ref. link, even if the service is really good and useful?

Answer 1

This is more of a mentality: someone wants to get something for free at the expense of you.
At the dawn of Dropbox, it took a very long time to explain to friends that a referral link would bring pluses in the form of additional megabytes to both parties, but people still stubbornly deleted the referral.

Answer 2

Russian, maybe?
In your version, this is kindling.

Answer 3

A person who throws his referral links everywhere equates an IT specialist to an ordinary housewife, believing that the id in the link simply will not be noticed/understood. We are furious, because they don’t want to just say to us: “follow this link and I will have extra cents / points / cookies”.