Submitted 1 month ago by breadsmasher@lemmy.world to selfhosted@lemmy.world
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.
Seems like this is forbidden by rule 2: No spam.
I don’t really use this community, but I ban a lot of accounts that talk like an AI, use em dashes excessively, and come to this community to promote “their” projects. 🤔
This is /c/selfhosted, not /c/opensourceselfhosted so why not?
As long as it’s self-hosted I don’t have a problem with it. Plex is maybe a good example for this. I wouldn’t ban Plex questions as long as it isn’t just a weekly advertising post. Up- and down voting can handle the rest.
ban them
do not allow for-profit advertising, and do not allow spam
spam is already against rule 2
It’s obvious spam… I’d assume they’re deleted and banned asap, are thes not?
There is no rule about advertising in the sidebar. I’m personally fine with it. If it weren’t advertised here, I might never hear about projects to be honest. Almost everything I’m hosting right now came about because I heard about it on a forum.
Technically Plex is a paid closed source but self hosted thingy. I think the line is a bit blurry on this since I wouldn’t mind people posting about Plex even though I use Jellyfin. However, advertising it would be a nono.
i_love_FFT@jlai.lu 1 month ago Yeah, you still have full control of your local Plex install (for now). I don’t mind it, but I would advise against it for new users. It is on the enshittification road
abeorch@friendica.ginestes.es@friendica.ginestes.es 1 month ago @breadsmasher I wouldnt mind if they were required to include easily filtered keywords such a #ad or #closedsource or #selfpromotion or something like that.
I occasionally come across people who think they have an amazing product and when you engage they realise that its better to just opensource it.
Similarly having the opportunity to discuss their product with others in front of them can help people who might not realise their drawbacks...
abeorch@friendica.ginestes.es@friendica.ginestes.es 1 month ago 
diabetic_porcupine@lemmy.world 1 month ago
It shouldn’t be.
non_burglar@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Why? Nothing about self-hosted is FOSS-only. There’s a big overlap, to be sure, but this knee-jerk reaction to paid and closed-source apps doesn’t help anyone.
Oh thank you! A reasonable, sane, voice.