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Re: O'Reilly book news
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Sat, 8 Apr 2000 01:23:32 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Matthew Miller writes:
> Dave Baum <dbaum@spambgoneenteract.com> wrote:
> > they used an associate link, they'd get a little extra income. From
> > their perspective, why not take advantage of a little free money?
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> I agree with Suzanne -- it looks shoddy and unprofessional. I don't think
> it's immoral or anything, but it puts them on the same psychological level
> as some random person with a geocities page full of banner ads.
Yeah! -- Well said!
Here's what was going through my mind (and mouth :) when Suzanne showed me
the page[1] earlier today:
Suz: "Check this out...you're gonna love this..." (sarcasm)
Todd: (seeing page on screen) "Ahh, [expletive deleted] cool -- [expletive
deleted] COOL! LEGO is FINALLY supporting the AFOL books! WOW. Well I'll
be darned...I -never- thought they would do that."
Suz: "Now look at the link."
Todd: (squiting to see the full URL) "What?! Is that...?! No, it's not..."
Suz: "Yeah, look again. And I double checked it. It's the same format as
all the other Amazon associate links."
Todd: "Nooowww....oh my god. It IS! No [expletive deleted] way. No way.
I thought you were joking. Oh my gawd. No. They didn't. Is that real?
It IS. No way. No [expletive deleted] way. Oh my gawd, that's SOOO SOOO
tacky. I can't believe they did that. Do they know they did that? Oh man,
that's SO bad looking. It's so misleading."
Complete and utter shock, in other words. :)
--Todd
[1] http://www.legomindstorms.com/home/books/index.asp
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| (...) Y'know, I wouldn't be terribly surprised if if it turns out that the Amazon referrals aren't going to TLC at all, but rather to an employee of whatever web firm they contract out to. (25 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics) !
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| (...) I agree with Suzanne -- it looks shoddy and unprofessional. I don't think it's immoral or anything, but it puts them on the same psychological level as some random person with a geocities page full of banner ads. (25 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics) !
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