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gowld

This is not appropriate behavior for HN.

There was no affiliate link in the original post.

ref= is not an affiliate tag, it's an Amazon ref tag.

tag= is an affiliate tag.

https://google.com/search?q=amazon+affiliate+code+url

https://medium.com/feedium/how-to-tell-if-a-link-is-an-amazo...

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I checked before I posted and found two web sites that stated that ref= is an affiliate tag.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B008GRDKPG expands to https://www.amazon.com/Disciplined-Minds-Professionals-Soul-...

are you really claiming that "redir_mobile_desktop" or anything afterwards is an affiliate tag?

I made no such claim. Here is what I stated, so you can read it again: "I checked before I posted and found two web sites that stated that ref= is an affiliate tag."

You can choose to believe what I wrote, or not. But it's inappropriate to try to put words in my mouth.

Either way, I'm not interested in arguing with random griefers in the internet.

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