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Re:Show HN: Find recommendations from good people by sanderjd on Saturday August 18, 2018 @12:43PM (#17789281)
I don't get your point about affiliate links at all. What better ad is there than a link to a recommended book itself? I'd much rather see you get a small portion of the purchase price of a book you recommended to me than look at your ads, curated or not.

But it's your site! I hope you do find success with the ad strategy, your site seems useful, and I hope it remains worth your time.

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Re:Show HN: Find recommendations from good people by gits1225 on Saturday August 18, 2018 @12:59PM (#17789365)
This comment puts it well: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17789161.
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Re:Show HN: Find recommendations from good people by sanderjd on Saturday August 18, 2018 @02:57PM (#17789988)
You have the same incentive to prioritize ads over recommendations. If I trust you to keep ads clearly separated, I also trust you to keep recommendations undiluted.
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Re:Show HN: Find recommendations from good people by gits1225 on Sunday August 19, 2018 @04:40AM (#17793304)
> You have the same incentive to prioritize ads over recommendations.

No.

> If I trust you to keep ads clearly separated, I also trust you to keep recommendations undiluted.

True. I am the one curator at the moment. I'll open this so that others can curate / recommend. I require that dilution of intention doesn't happen then. DNA is important.

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