@heymattsokol, good point about having to carry around an affiliate link, however they could cloack it with a short link or even with not visible link.

However when it comes to affiliate marketing there are millions of people who love it. Just check how all Facebook group are full of it. Amazon, Click Bank and Google thrive on affiliate marketing. Who would not want to share their potential multi-millionaire viral affiliate link of Justin Bieber's new album, or the next Harry Potter?

Finally, affiliate marketing is not only another way to monetize the platform, like Steemit the main way would be to be the original content creator and not the promoter.