>The moment you're being effectively paid to pitch something, your opinion loses all merit. Your statement doesn't hold for everyone, YMMV. Especially since t

>The moment you're being effectively paid to pitch something, your opinion loses all merit. Your statement doesn't hold for everyone, YMMV. Especially since the "effectively" is quite obscure when talking about "affiliate" links where one can chose among products he DOES respect. By your logic people wouldn't trust magazine and site reviews, since they carry ads from the companies making the products...