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simonbrown on June 10, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Show HN: The most beautiful places on earth

Speaking generally, surely having a link to the site is attribution?

Swizec on June 10, 2012 [–]

It's not the same. Attaching a person to the link is a much "warmer" referral/introduction/what-you-want-to-call-it than just linking to a site.

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