Wait, you're complaining that end users can change it?
Yes, there are ways the website could prevent that. I'm not sure why that goal serves any purpose, though. Defaults are going to get them the vast majority of the commissions they earn, and being simple and easy for users who really want to reward the creators more to do so is worth the negligible cost.
So I'm not big on most of what passes for self improvement material (I think the self help genre is almost entirely trash), but anyone who makes a habit out of trying to make themself better is moving the right way.
It's worth noting that there will be people who hear the label and react badly, though.
I would argue that the short term pain is worse than hiding it and being with someone who doesn't know you and can't understand you, but I can't promise it won't be a dealbreaker for someone you really don't want it to be, either.
The issue is behavior (which is the primary way most of that is diagnosed to begin with).
Acknowledging the behavior and making a deliberate attempt to prevent/improve it is something I would see as a positive sign compared to the behavior without the same steps. Getting a diagnosis (and some type of therapy) is a good thing.
If you consistently treat me badly, the label wouldn't be why I left. If you make mistakes, but make the regular effort to be aware of them and improve, the label doesn't matter either.
Not any more than any other tracking method. They control it all.
If anything, the fact that they give you a method to alter how your purchase is tracked so you can still give the creator 90% when you get to them through their store is pro-creator.
Thankfully, Cloudflare was quick to respond and to fix the issue. On top of that, the company was completely open and apologetic about how this happened. There was no hiding the ball at all. In fact, Cloudflare’s CEO Matthew Prince noted to me that this kind of thing might be worth writing about, given that it was a different kind of attack (though one he admitted the company never should have fallen for).
So how did this happen? According to Cloudflare, their trust & safety team were trying to go through a backlog of phishing reports and bulk processed them without realizing there was a bogus one (for Techdirt!) in the middle.
The inherent concerns of their pure scale aside, I love how they consistently respond to any issues transparently.
There is nothing about this game that resembles theft of anyone's IP in any way, and in a just world an absurd suit like this anywhere on the planet would result in literally every piece of IP a company owns (piercing corporate bullshit) being released to the public domain in the entire world permanently.
There are numerous formats of auction. I don't think a Vickrey auction is what they did, but it is an example of a sealed auction format that is well supported as legitimately and efficiently maximizing value for the seller.
You don't get a pass on this time until you fix this time by publicly terminating your relationship and paying all the costs you created, including lost business.
By authorizing them as a legal representative, their actions are your actions. Recovering from them is your issue, not the victim's.
When you hire someone to act on your behalf, all of their actions are your fault. They are you.
I'm not saying this shouldn't be a huge warning sign not to hire this company to everyone else. I'm saying the only possible way to not be the bad guy would have been a statement "we terminated our arrangement immediately and will pay all of the costs of our mistake".
Yeah, I really have no particular interest in taking my birthday off.