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Sure the links themselves are not a big problem...it's more of what is motivating/influencing the posting of certain links. It would be desirable to remove all bias in what advice is dealt out by contributors.I'm not sure announcing the presence of a link would remove bias, without removing any incentive for them to post one thing over another.I personally support it where the links are converted to those that benefit this forum. I would also support the use of a pop-up so if someone were to paste in an affiliate link, they would be notified that their link will be changed, so if there is any bias and misconstrued notion that they would be benefiting themselves by posting something, it would be removed before they submitted their comment.
Sure the links themselves are not a big problem...it's more of what is motivating/influencing the posting of certain links. It would be desirable to remove all bias in what advice is dealt out by contributors.
I'm not sure announcing the presence of a link would remove bias, without removing any incentive for them to post one thing over another.
I personally support it where the links are converted to those that benefit this forum. I would also support the use of a pop-up so if someone were to paste in an affiliate link, they would be notified that their link will be changed, so if there is any bias and misconstrued notion that they would be benefiting themselves by posting something, it would be removed before they submitted their comment.
