if you have amazon links, I will use them.
Doesn't winter seem more like archiving season?
Willow ,'Lessons'
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le nubian - Oct 20, 2004 1:48:51 pm PDT #2587 of 10001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Kate P. - Oct 20, 2004 2:04:32 pm PDT #2588 of 10001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
CDBaby? I seem to recall several people buying CDs there recently (like, within the past year, maybe).
§ ita § - Oct 20, 2004 2:07:39 pm PDT #2589 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Gus - Oct 20, 2004 2:11:00 pm PDT #2590 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
I'm seeing a Buffistas Purchase Power link that has credited click-throughs for any number of merchants.
eta: (Geek-speak warning) A parser that is looking for a particular list of domains in a post can easily fix the link up so that it inserts a certain referer-id into that link, without disturbing the other request data appended to the link.
The ethical thing is bugging me a bit, about that. I suppose a message like "Your Amazon link has been fixed up to give the Buffistas a commission." could be appended to the post, to assuage that concern.
further eta:
… completely indecipherable, I suppose. What was a survey of popular purchase sites that might benefit the Buffistas becomes something full of web-geek esoterica. Sorry. Code-oids speak a different language.
Liese S. - Oct 20, 2004 4:36:57 pm PDT #2591 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Please don't do that. That would upset me in the same ways that prevent me from getting gmail right this minute.
I'm behaving and being a good girl about not protesting the affiliate links themselves.
Gus - Oct 20, 2004 5:20:33 pm PDT #2592 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
Liese, it was just a brainstorm.
The protest about affiliate links seems to be valid, though. The Buffistas are storing sufficient dollars against a rainy day as it is, it seems to me.
Jesse may have a better of view of that issue.
Polter-Cow - Oct 20, 2004 6:11:53 pm PDT #2593 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
The protest about affiliate links seems to be valid, though.
I don't understand what's to be protested about. I don't see the evil.
Gus - Oct 20, 2004 6:15:36 pm PDT #2594 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
I don't understand what's to be protested about. I don't see the evil.
Affiliate links are not evil, necessarily. The question is whether Buffistas need any additional sources of funding, or not.
Sources that might impact the reader experience, that is.
§ ita § - Oct 20, 2004 6:31:52 pm PDT #2595 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't see a down side to affiliate links. If you're going to shop there anyway, why not click on a different link to do it?
I'm interested in the protest, Liese, for the reason of my cluelessness.
How does it affect reader experience, Gus? What would we experience differently?
JenP - Oct 20, 2004 6:43:11 pm PDT #2596 of 10001
I don't see a down side to affiliate links. If you're going to shop there anyway, why not click on a different link to do it?
I'm curious, too. I'd love my online dollars to have the added bonus of support here (granted, I'm no bigtime purchaser. Still.)
What are some of the objections?