According to comments in that post, it was intended to add affiliate info to non-affiliate links (per marta, who is generally reliable). This is still sleazy, as it's skimming affiliate money they're not really, IMO, entitled to, but it is less sleazy than deliberately redirecting links.
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Date: 2010-03-05 12:50 am (UTC)