Affiliate Links Disclosure
Discussions center on the use of undisclosed affiliate links in Hacker News submissions, including calls for transparency, policy concerns, criticisms of hidden referrals, and suggestions to add or disclose them for monetization.
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Constructive suggestion: make a note of which URLs are affiliate links, or have a referral/affiliate disclaimer on the article.
Maybe get an affiliate link to help support the site?
Why not make the Amazon links affiliate links? I don't think anyone would mind
Posting an affiliate link is frowned upon, btw.
The article is just a host for affiliate links.
Affiliate links are literally ads
It would have been nice to disclose that your link is an affiliate link.
This looks like an affiliate link. If it is, couldn't you have disclosed it?
That article is Amazon affiliate hotlink heaven. All items mentioned are Amazon links with referral code hidden behind a domain redirect. I initially expected to get another article on the item I clicked on. But the links serve no purpose than to make some money off referrals.
Presumably they use affiliate links.