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Not a question about gameplay, but I have mixed feeling about the affiliate links on a show HN post. Maybe it's not the place for profiteering?
by pdb123 13y ago
Not a question about gameplay, but I have mixed feeling about the affiliate links on a show HN post. Maybe it's not the place for profiteering?
- simpleglider 13y agoHmm yeah I see where you're coming from. A lot of affiliate marketing seems really sleazy to me as well. Here I'm trying to provide a bit of value on top of the advertisement. Rather than buying search ads and making money of pure arbitrage, I made a game that might inspire people to read about the technologies used in the game. Then I follow up with links.
- noptic 13y agoWhy not? It is text only and at first I did not even notice it. Hopefully not only the HN crowd will play the game so it would take a exrtra "Show HN only" landing page without adds to get rid of them.
- jessaustin 13y agoI've certainly complained about affiliate links before, but at least in this case they were somewhat related to the reason HN might be interested in the post.