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...

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.

No unfortunately, didn't even see that when I pasted.