Being too creative about unwanted traffic can backfire. Reminded me of this: Justin.tv used to redirect people who searched for "porn" keyword (apparently high

Being too creative about unwanted traffic can backfire. Reminded me of this: Justin.tv used to redirect people who searched for "porn" keyword (apparently high overlap with people being toxic on the platform) to what they were looking and used an affiliate link. This became a negative newsstory for them. TechCrunch calling them out: https://techcrunch.com/2009/02/16/justintv-is-redirecting-porn-queries-into-cash/ https://techcrunch.com/2009/02/16/justintv-is-redirecting-po... Article with retrospection: https://www.inc.com/tess-townsend/justin-kan-stop-freaking-out.html https://www.inc.com/tess-townsend/justin-kan-stop-freaking-o...