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1. jwstillwater · 1789959551 · focus · HN ↗

   I noticed that the link for OAI’s ad pixel documentation itself has a tracking referral header to the author’s site (?ref=buchodi.com). Given the nature of the article, my instinct was that this is actually some next-level humour that totally sniped me. But now I’m not so sure- does OAI even have a kickback program? What would referral attribution even do here?

   1. ambicapter · 1789960827 · focus · HN ↗

      I'm guessing it's more likely their blogging platform automatically appends a referral header to links.

      1. jwstillwater · 1789961881 · focus · HN ↗

         Oh, yep. Right you are. Just looked at their platform (Ghost) who uses a gently termed “outgoing link tags” system.

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