It's worth highlighting this as an example of authoritative-sounding comments that will put you on the wrong path, if you're not careful.
Techie websites and visitors are a very different market than your average customer, and within those technical circles, people like this comment writer will not be representative of the majority of your website's readers.
Whilst I think that the comment author is exaggerating for effect, it's always worth asking the question in your head:
- Does this person represent how one person or the majority of my visitors will think?
people like this comment writer will not be representative of the majority of your website's readers
Elsewhere you talked up the benefits of affiliate links, so I find your whole post somewhat ironic.
Further, it's worth noting that affiliate link blogs almost never make it anywhere on HN, /r/programming, or elsewhere. They generally exist on the fringe, existing on the meager search engine traffic, capturing the accidental visitor. Actual empirical reality seems to counter your claims. The only blog of any consequence that actually lowers itself to affiliate links is Marco Arment, and thankfully he confines that to standalone "review" type posts.
It's worth highlighting this as an example of authoritative-sounding comments that will put you on the wrong path, if you're not careful.
Techie websites and visitors are a very different market than your average customer, and within those technical circles, people like this comment writer will not be representative of the majority of your website's readers.
Whilst I think that the comment author is exaggerating for effect, it's always worth asking the question in your head:
- Does this person represent how one person or the majority of my visitors will think?