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by AH4oFVbPT4f8 891 days ago
How can you tell it's an affiliate?
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Coz you don’t know if it’s a real endorsement.
I get that, was more wondering if it was possible to tell if they were using an affiliate link based on the shortened url.
I treat most shortened links as the maker has some interest with it, wants to track something, earn something, which I find dishonest. Assuming this is an amazon url, the product page is not even a long url.