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Be warned of transparent affiliate links. Summary: They highjack on_clicks

7 pointsby achillealmost 15 years ago
In an earlier story on how to "fly for free" a commenter was downvoted for explaining the entry contained affiliate links.<p>http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1428051<p>Most people who checked looked at the hover and the source -- but likely did not click the link.<p>The blog/whatever has direct links to the product page, but skimlinks.com highjacks the onClick event and redirected to the affiliate site.<p>Just FYI

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staunchalmost 15 years ago
The real story: Wordpress makes its users look dishonest.<p>The author upgraded to paid WP account, to remove the affiliate code.