They scammed out scrypt hash and a few weeks later made it worthless. Now they´re writing down the payouts of old customers to bolster payouts to new customers. It´s a scam. In a few months I will be posting the same thing when their supply of new idiots has run out.
Apart from the operators the only people benefiting are referral whores that profit from scamming others into the scam. Of course you´ll see them promoting and defending the scam to the very end.
Genesis Mining does have an affiliate program but to be crystal it is not very lucrative for affiliates at all so not a strong reason to avoid GM. However there are a few other negatives when considering investing.
1) When you buy hash at GM you are stuck, there is no way to sell it. That alone is reason to run, not walk away.
2) Also consider there is a new kid in town with daily fees half what GM charges: Hashnest S7. Cost of S7 is same as Genesis Mining.
Downside to S7 is the miners are new and if you want to buy right now you have to buy a full miner to hash with deployment on Oct 10. However once Oct 10 comes, not that far off S7 hash will be trading on the Hashnest internal market so you can buy and sell smaller amounts of hash at will.
I would be surprised if Genesis Mining exists as it is now in a year. As demand for their product diminishes they will change their business model.