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Ads are one thing. Manipulating user content for profit is seedy
by drivebyacct2 15y ago
Ads are one thing. Manipulating user content for profit is seedy
- cglace 15y agoAs long as they are being sent to the same endpoint I don't see the problem.
- blhack 15y agoHow is this manipulating user content?
- drivebyacct2 15y agoWhat are you talking about? Altering the link the user submits isn't manipulating user content? Especially when they incentivize sponsored ads from users that use affiliate links specifically? How is it NOT?
- cookiecaper 15y agoWell, it's not altering the intention, at least. The link still leads to the product that the user intended. As long as they aren't actively removing existing affiliate codes I don't see a problem with that approach. Reddit can't live off nothing forever, they are going to have to find a way to monetize in line with corporate overlord expectations for a site of its traffic level or eventually be replaced by drones.
- pja 15y agoPersonally, I'd be quite happy if they pulled user affiliate codes from links and replaced them with their own. Every sane person knows that a site like reddit has to be paid for somehow & this seems like a relatively unintrusive way to do so. Metafilter does this, and their user base has no problem with it.