On: No More Medium – Build Your Own Site (2019)

[stonewareslord]

> Please stop using Medium > Switch to Hugo and Netlify (https //netlify com/?utm_source=nomedium&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=nomedium)

I really wish people would disclose when they're profiting from a link click. Am I misunderstanding something or is this website profiting in some way here? There's no referral code but it has a utm source/campaign

[codingdave → stonewareslord]

Those are tracking, not monetization.

[maccolgan → codingdave]

Doesn't utm_campaign imply that Netlify has an active marketing campaign against Medium (nomedium) and this is contributing to that?

[jayzalowitz → maccolgan]

It implies it, but may not mean it.

[cortesoft → codingdave]

Why would the author be interested in helping netlify track where the clicks were coming from unless they got something out of it?