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[META] Are paid for, closed source projects, being advertised on this community, appropriate? (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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A number of brand new accounts have popped up shilling their paid for applications.

Is this within the rules? Is the community happy with this? Could mods clarify this in the rules?

Either allowing advertising, or banning it entirely.

my point is - there is a difference between an open source homegrown project that might be useful, vs closed source paid for projects from brand new accounts

some replies are misunderstanding, somehow.

I am against

brand new accounts who:

  1. first post is a brand new project
  2. project is closed source
  3. project will cost money
  4. is asking for free testing
  5. the post is literally an advertisement
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[–] 2 points 4 months ago* (2 children)

Thank your for replying, this is encouraging and sounds like moderation of this community is shaping up.

Whichever side the ruling falls I think that feedback channel would be very good. Just having a way for a submitter to ask from mod(s) why the submission was targeted might be the difference between them turning into a great contributor vs either just leaving or starting to play circumvention games (in especially bad cases turning into antagonistic trolls). Speaking from how I've seen those dynamics play out in other communities.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child)

    DM, a meta thread, or even a post in YPTB is always an option, I'm not sure what other options on feedback are sensible/realistically available.

    A meta thread posted by a member of the community, and the discussion that followed, is what brought this up to the forefront in the first place.

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