Insider POV: How ShopMy works, why I decided to use it, & what to look out for when reading stuff with links in it

"I may use affiliate links" - what does that mean, like really mean?

[First up, a note: Like so many others, I deeply feel for LA, where I have friends I love. If you would like to donate, be sure and vet the organization; I came upon at least one with ties to Christianity, which is not what I felt comfortable with. Leslie Kerns, a good friend and colleague who lives in LA and is the founder of 1235 Strategies, a modern social change consultancy for mission-driven ventures, suggests World Central Kitchen. Friends in LA, I am thinking of you.]

I’ve danced around this a bit, and now I’ve learned a LOT more. I figured it made sense to put some thoughts together, because I don’t think I’ve seen a real first person account of exactly how this platform works (you may not even know you’re interacting with it) and what that means for you, the subscriber/reader/ingester.

Now before I get too deep into it, here are the speed takeaways for the speed readers: