It can not be used with good intentions.
There is never any advantage for the users who click on the links.
There is never any advantage for the users who click on the links.
Thinking in absolutes is never a good thing. Maybe -you- could never do anything good with it.
a) You'd just write your take next to the link, instead of hiding it behind. Your example is far-fetched.
b) This is obviously meant for ads. (And the examples on their landing page make that perfectly clear.)
Quote: "You can essentially advertise on any website for free!"
You don't know what you're talking about. If I follow someone on twitter, I want to know what they are up to. If someone has an event or product, or something else they think is relevant to the article, then I want to know.
B) That's cool that some of the uses are advertising, but I'm not going to. I'm not trying to sell some product.
I tend to do that at the time I share the link. Like: "Hey... check out this site. Could be cool... or evil ~ http://snip.ly/"
Isn't this an absolute though?