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Originally Posted by DuskyRose
I think it's ridiculous to think that everyone knows what they are, or cares enough to notice.
I wouldn't know an Affiliate Link from any other kind if it bit me in the butt.
I've never had a need to know, or cared, before. Lots of computer stuff is like that. Until you have a reason to know, you don't know what you don't know.
So I can't see why anyone would assume that this is common knowledge.
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Plus it's not always a matter of recognizing an affiliate link as such; it's being consciously aware of one. I do know what one usually looks like; I don't pay generally pay attention, though, if I'm pasting a link from my browser or picking up a link from a Web page. I'm on autopilot then, and I suspect that's how most of us operate.
Now, a person who is an affiliate clearly knows when posting the link. But the accusation of lying was made to someone who was merely picking up someone else's link. That's why it rankles so much.