Comment on Rule 2 Clarifications and New Rule proposal I’ve gotten through (I believe) a
non_burglar@lemmy.world 1 week agoIf you’re not pushing your paywalled stuff
I’m not, but that shouldn’t be part of this conversation.
Where is the line for what you’re saying is “paywalled stuff”?
If someone promotes Plex, for example? Not allowed? What about deluxe features of homeassistant, which is fully open source, but paid?
> Promotional posts require community participation or they will be removed. No more than 10% of your posts or comments may be self-promotional, or your post will be removed. **F/LOSS Exception**: If your post is about a project that is completely open source & without any paywalls, it will be exempt from this rule.
To me, this says, if you’re posting something behind a paywall (F/LOSS or not) they’re going to look at your post history. If you’re a shill, it will be removed. If you’re someone who self hosts and just wants to talk about self hosted apps, you’re fine.
Said another way, if all you do is post promo content it’s not welcome here. If it’s a one off then post it.
Look, if you don’t like the rule, make a suggestion to the mods on how to make it better. The spirit here is we all love learning and using new tools paid or not. If you want to share something new to you, like Plex, I’m 100% sure its fine. Post, promote what you love, start a conversation around Plex. The problem is if you only ever talk about Plex and promote it. It gets old FAST and it’s not a community I want to he apart of.
curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 6 days ago
Very well summarized, thank you.