Getting commissions from affiliate links is not a new thing for BoingBoing, but the disclosure has not always been something people noticed since there is no notice on the BBS “show full post” pages on the bbs subdomain, instead the notices are at the bottom each main post page on the primary domain, and, previously, only in the privacy policy. The Geni dot us interstitial redirect does localized re-directs, and gives meaningful notice that the link is an affiliate link in a way that keeps everyone informed.
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