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This appears to be a sales post, with a bunch of affiliate links. Perhaps the actual products are good, but the credibility drops substantially as he has monet

This appears to be a sales post, with a bunch of affiliate links. Perhaps the actual products are good, but the credibility drops substantially as he has monetary incentive to list these things. edit: It seems like the post author is acting in good faith

movedx 7y ago
I think that's unfair. He's providing valuable knowledge, and sharing his extensive experience, during a time when it's beginning to be really rather quite important. Affiliate links are a perfectly acceptable norm and, frankly, don't disadvantage you in the slightest (in fact they give you an advantage in some cases: discounts, free months of services, and more.)
- smoyer 7y ago
  Plus he's here in this thread and adding to the conversation. What does it hurt if you get the product for the same price and an affiliate makes some money?
  - GauntletWizard 7y ago
    It can hurt a lot, see nearly any quack peddling homeopathy. But no, self-serving posts are not against the rules of this forum, nor inherently evil.
- swader999 7y ago
  The mike hiss tips are something I've never thought of. Could make a large difference.
solresol 7y ago
Sorry about that -- I can change the post to remove them if that would make it more credible. I'll be very surprised if I make any money from them anyway since the target audience (teachers and students) would get krisp for free, for example.
- TheSpiceIsLife 7y ago
  I wouldn't worry about it. You've called out the affiliate links, so you're being transparent about it. You can't satisfy all of the critics all of the time.
- cerberusss 7y ago
  To me, it's unnecessary to say sorry; affiliate links are mentioned, plus it's quite a useful resource.
samspenc 7y ago
I've been wondering... what if it's a regular post or article without affiliate links? I've noticed a lot of similar articles talking about people using Microsoft Teams or Google Meet to hold classes remotely (without affiliate links), would that count as advertising?
ehsankia 7y ago
The strangest part was the weird piping through Amazon Workspaces to not accidentally show your popups? This is a sector game streamers have already perfected, you only need OBS, and you want to only capture individual windows, preferably not your browser ever.
- jedieaston 7y ago
  OBS is super complicated for non tech-savvy users, so it’s probably not a great option, but some video sharing systems (I want to say Zoom?) can target a specific window. And as to the Workspace thing, it is super handy to have a immediately revertable system for any kind of demo so it’s controlled and you can reset if something goes wacky, and a Workspace (or Citrix or whatever) specifically is handy because it doesn’t eat CPU/RAM which streaming HD video typically wants a lot of.
- solresol 7y ago
  I'm usually teaching over Zoom / Nexi / Google Hangouts or something like this, not OBS. This is bi-directional, interactive teaching, not broadcasting / live-streaming a class. Those tools too can capture individual screens, but then how do you do a PowerPoint presentation when you only have one monitor?
  - wbillingsley 7y ago
    Zoom can share an individual window. (Including the PowerPoint one).

movedx 7y ago

I think that's unfair. He's providing valuable knowledge, and sharing his extensive experience, during a time when it's beginning to be really rather quite important. Affiliate links are a perfectly acceptable norm and, frankly, don't disadvantage you in the slightest (in fact they give you an advantage in some cases: discounts, free months of services, and more.)

smoyer 7y ago
Plus he's here in this thread and adding to the conversation. What does it hurt if you get the product for the same price and an affiliate makes some money?
- GauntletWizard 7y ago
  It can hurt a lot, see nearly any quack peddling homeopathy. But no, self-serving posts are not against the rules of this forum, nor inherently evil.
swader999 7y ago
The mike hiss tips are something I've never thought of. Could make a large difference.

solresol 7y ago

Sorry about that -- I can change the post to remove them if that would make it more credible. I'll be very surprised if I make any money from them anyway since the target audience (teachers and students) would get krisp for free, for example.

TheSpiceIsLife 7y ago
I wouldn't worry about it. You've called out the affiliate links, so you're being transparent about it. You can't satisfy all of the critics all of the time.
cerberusss 7y ago
To me, it's unnecessary to say sorry; affiliate links are mentioned, plus it's quite a useful resource.

samspenc 7y ago

I've been wondering... what if it's a regular post or article without affiliate links? I've noticed a lot of similar articles talking about people using Microsoft Teams or Google Meet to hold classes remotely (without affiliate links), would that count as advertising?

ehsankia 7y ago

The strangest part was the weird piping through Amazon Workspaces to not accidentally show your popups? This is a sector game streamers have already perfected, you only need OBS, and you want to only capture individual windows, preferably not your browser ever.

jedieaston 7y ago
OBS is super complicated for non tech-savvy users, so it’s probably not a great option, but some video sharing systems (I want to say Zoom?) can target a specific window. And as to the Workspace thing, it is super handy to have a immediately revertable system for any kind of demo so it’s controlled and you can reset if something goes wacky, and a Workspace (or Citrix or whatever) specifically is handy because it doesn’t eat CPU/RAM which streaming HD video typically wants a lot of.
solresol 7y ago
I'm usually teaching over Zoom / Nexi / Google Hangouts or something like this, not OBS. This is bi-directional, interactive teaching, not broadcasting / live-streaming a class. Those tools too can capture individual screens, but then how do you do a PowerPoint presentation when you only have one monitor?
- wbillingsley 7y ago
  Zoom can share an individual window. (Including the PowerPoint one).