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DrivingRevenue: boosting signal, opt-out
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LJ has said they're pulling it (Discussions in![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
news are here, here, here) but in the meantime directions to turn it off (from http://caffeinepuppy.livejournal.com/214632.html) are:
No, I do not use an affiliate account on LJ, but know others who do.
If you are interested: discussion and dissection of the code in question is here. No word on whether LJ did this itself using drivingrevenue.net as its partner or if a third party snuck this through.
UPDATE: LJ has pulled this. Reportedly this code was provided by a third party and supposed to add affiliate information if there wasn't already an affiliate code.
vichan's journal
Links to about 150 e-commerce sites that users post to their LiveJournals are being redirected through a 3rd party website.
Among other things, this redirection strips any existing affiliate links and inserts a different affiliate link.
LJ has said they're pulling it (Discussions in
news are here, here, here) but in the meantime directions to turn it off (from http://caffeinepuppy.livejournal.com/214632.html) are: - Open the Admin Console at http://www.livejournal.com/admin/console/
- Execute the following command: set opt_exclude_stats 1
No, I do not use an affiliate account on LJ, but know others who do.
If you are interested: discussion and dissection of the code in question is here. No word on whether LJ did this itself using drivingrevenue.net as its partner or if a third party snuck this through.
UPDATE: LJ has pulled this. Reportedly this code was provided by a third party and supposed to add affiliate information if there wasn't already an affiliate code.