Comment on [META] Are paid for closer source advertising appropriate?
irmadlad@lemmy.world 16 hours ago I’m aware, and don’t think that ads to provide free labor for a paid product belong here.
I honestly think, that the OP/Dev in question acted in good faith. I do not view his thread as an advertisement to buy his product. IMHO, he solicited beta testers for his product that integrates with the *arr stack, which the vast amount of selfhosters deploy early on in their selfhosting journey. Where else would be a better place than a selfhosting community?
AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 16 hours ago
The question isn’t “did OP act in good faith”.
I do consider it an ad to recruit people to do beta testing for a paid product. I don’t want to see ads in my feed. If I wanted that, I’d go to reddit. Maybe he should post there instead, where ads are overwhelming and users don’t give a shit about being advertised to constantly.
Fair. You do, I don’t.
AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 16 hours ago
I’m very aware that you don’t consider it an ad, but it’s an ad in my eyes. It’s literally a call to action to recruit people to improve their paid application in order to extract money from users in the future.
I’ve very aware that you do see it as an ad. So, here we are. I’m about to fire up a bowl, do you partake? It’s some gnarly gas for sure. I like to share what I’ve grown with my own two hands. No strings attached. You don’t have to put 5 on it.