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Even worse is the trend at boingboing, over the last 1.5 to 2 years, of putting in an obvious throwaway article just for the affiliate link. Here's a recent example: http://boingboing.net/2013/08/24/flash-gordon-1980.html http://boingboing.net/2013/08/24/flash-gordon-1980.html Add a little color commentary about how you like the Queen soundtrack, a bit about some related context, and then stick in the affiliate link.