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Does this article really contain a referral link for "overstock.com barstools"? I'm not sure if I should be appalled that they inserted an ad into a journalisti

by g_sch 7y ago

Does this article really contain a referral link for "overstock.com barstools"? I'm not sure if I should be appalled that they inserted an ad into a journalistic piece, or respect them for doing it despite how negative the reference is.

astura 7y ago
I chuckled at that... It's almost certainly an automatically algorithmically generated link inserted by the publisher.
- giarc 7y ago
  You are likely correct, it's probably Vice doing that not the author. Reddit tried it for a bit. They had software that would automatically transform relevant retail links into referral links. They stopped the practice as it wasn't making as much money as they thought it would.
  - magashna 7y ago
    Also it's annoying to the user and I'm sure companies don't want links to be "look at these shit ass _overstock.com chairs_"