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fnando on June 20, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why I've built an alternative to Github

I just wanted to see how many clicks that would have, but you're right. Just removed the link since I just don't care. ;)

mcantor on June 20, 2011 [–]

You might be able to do a quick happy medium by generating a "vanity url" such as bit.ly/sneaky-affiliate-link or something.

JonnieCache on June 20, 2011 | [–]

Or perhaps a sneaky bit of javascript to track click events on that link via ajax.

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