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Affiliate links feel spammy because it makes it hard to determine whether your recommendation is altruistic or financially motivated.
by underwater 10y ago
Affiliate links feel spammy because it makes it hard to determine whether your recommendation is altruistic or financially motivated.
- davidw 10y agoIt might be a difficult problem for an AI to solve, but I think most people could look at my comments and replies and determine that it's an issue I care deeply about.
- deleted 10y ago[deleted]
- mikestew 10y agoThey feel spammy when attached to spammy comments from new accounts, and the comment/post seems to specifically target a site with decent traffic such as HN. Standing alone, I don't automatically have a problem with an affiliate link. Not that davidw needs my endorsement, but the dude's got 43K in karma, and I've seen his comments around elsewhere. I'm fine with letting someone like that slide. As he points out himself, one can expect a little beer money from affiliate links unless you really go out of your way to spam the link.