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Pinterest's profiting off your pinspired purchases without disclosure
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Erica McGillivray
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Turns out Pinterest is more than just your personal pinboard. The site is using an affiliate linking program to track and get a piece of your e-shopping. Pinterest has become entirely unavoidable. In its mere 23-month existence, the site has managed to create (or rather, curate) a cult-like following of devoted, pinning-obsessed users. Continue Reading
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Thomas Høgenhaven @thogenhavenits the 3rd article I see in a few days where users want their fair share of social networks profit. Interesting where this might end. A startup tries to make it easier for users: http://inbound.org/content/2012/02/start-ups-aim-to-help-users-put-a-price-on-their-personal-data/#comments -
It kind of makes me wonder what they do if you already put your own affiliate link in your URL...
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