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It's cute that the article is littered with Amazon referral links to textbooks.

• davidivadavid 11y ago
  I'm curious why people care about articles with referral links. It's not like you're paying more if you end up buying something, is it?
  • fabulist 11y ago
    It is always good to know when someone is profiting financially from a recommendation they're giving you.
    • davidivadavid 11y ago
      Sure, I'll buy that in principle. But wouldn't you agree that it mostly matters if someone is recommending some shady financial product or otherwise high-ticket item? What's the worse that could happen when someone makes (text)book recommendations? Affiliate links are also a good way to compensate people for curating valuable information. So the sort of "it goes without saying affiliate links are bad" attitude is kind of a mystery to me.