Let's back up here. Wasn't the main reason for the policy change to reduce the workload for the moderators?
And now they need to inspect and verify every damn link for some evil affiliate tag ... that reduces workload how? And what about links in, say, Reading Recommendations, or in any of the device forums? There may be a forbidden affiliate link somewhere! Must root it out!
This is a poorly thought-out and, so far, poorly implemented policy (an accusation of lying was uncalled-for). It certainly reduces one's desire to be helpful when one is afraid of being publicly chastised for a mistake.
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