Signal boosting via links, not up to an actual post:
"Short version: From what I've investigated in the past hour or so, it looks like LiveJournal is now a client of Driving Revenue - their "Affiliate vB" program is exactly what is going on; they're secretly redirecting links to any e-commerce sites (or anything that looks like it might be a link to an e-commerce site) and replacing affiilate IDs with their own."
Basically, they're making money out of your links.
More here, secret but not-that-hard opt-out here.
I'm
caia on Dreamwidth, people; or if you'd prefer,
caia_comica on Insanejournal. Lemme know if you want a Dreamwidth code.
"Short version: From what I've investigated in the past hour or so, it looks like LiveJournal is now a client of Driving Revenue - their "Affiliate vB" program is exactly what is going on; they're secretly redirecting links to any e-commerce sites (or anything that looks like it might be a link to an e-commerce site) and replacing affiilate IDs with their own."
Basically, they're making money out of your links.
More here, secret but not-that-hard opt-out here.
I'm
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