I think @cheetah only evaluates text. Which is how I was surprised to find one of my posts flagged, which had an affiliate link in it -- I did exactly what Craig Grant had done, except that his post was a link to a YouTube video, and the affiliate link was both in the video and also in text form in the video's Description.
I felt slighted, but now I better understand how it works. And, there's opportunity for it to improve!
I actually didn't even know it converted those tags into links, very useful, thanks! :)
Oh wow, really? That's pretty bad... Hopefully they have managed to iron out some of the problems! If that's still the case, that's quite a problem :/
So let me get this right, cheetah flagged you because of an affiliate link that was in your post? Or so you think? I never knew that about the bot.
Yeah, there's always room to improve and learn! And if it becomes better, it could be a truly helpful tool for Steemit!
Yeah the cheetah bot is cleverly named, as it goes after people who plagiarize, in other words, "cheaters". :)
Some of my first few posts were "getting my feet wet" and I reposted some news I think, and got to know cheetah's function.
And, I believe I mis-spoke above -- it was someone else, not cheetah, who flagged the affiliate link. Cheetah doesn't do that, I don't think anyway -- I think cheetah only makes a comment. Anyway, take care! :)