Thoughts on the self promotion rules that many Reddit subs have?
Thoughts on the self promotion rules that many Reddit subs have?
Isn't this what upvotes and downvotes are for? Do they only want posts about billionaire mega corporations? 10% is a really strict cutoff for people that make things as a hobby. What else am I gonna post when everything else is already posted instantly? I can't post to r/pcgaming for the same reason.
I'm not trying to sell anything, it's a free download, my videos aren't monetized, I don't accept donations. I'm an active commenter too even if I don't make many posts there. My posts get lots of upvotes with good ratios, and I space out my posts so they're not frequent at all.
Also the fact that they count it site-wide instead of sub-wide means if you create your own sub or use an appropriate niche sub, you're gonna screw up your own ratio.
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It's crap.
I have encountered it multiple times on different subs when trying to talk about Lemmy.
It's a tactic for Reddit to avoid people hearing about alternatives, a la "there is no war in Ba-Sing-Se" (!avatar@lemmy.world reference)
For people who were there during the Digg exodus, was it also forbidden to talk about Reddit there?
It's a tactic for Reddit to avoid people hearing about alternatives
Someone didn't check the context before commenting.
I did.
There is a parallel to be made between OP wanting to share their free download, and people trying to share Lemmy as a free forum.
Yeah, reddit just isn't as free as I thought it was.