Remember the outbound affiliate link drama on LJ from last month?

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Well, it now seems they've implemented something that works the way they wanted it to - in other words, if you post a non-affiliate link to a site like Amazon.com that gives money for referrals, they change it to an affiliate link that gives money to LJ.

If you post an affiliate link that gives money to you, they don't touch it.

If you'd rather not give your money to LJ all-unknowing, or if the script running slows down your browsing, you can opt out for yourself, and I discovered last time that if you obfuscate your links with a URL shortener like bit.ly or tinyurl.com, then they leave it alone, if you'd rather people clicking on your links not support LJ all-unknowing.


Info and links here: http://www.journalfen.net/community/fandom_lounge/1016958.html

Comments

[estara.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the heads-up ^^