As the title says, we’ve got a lot of reports about this, and we have Rule 7 - Should we take a hardline stance of no OF/SC/links etc? Vote in the comments.

  • GiaWildly@lemmynsfw.com
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    1 year ago

    Other communities seem to require a tag in the title to disclaim the promotional nature. That and you have no posted verification post requirements, and aren’t seeming to respond to direct inquiries on the matter, in my experience at least. I would like to post here, but as my profile/bio is (hopefully) very clear about the promotional nature of my account, I consider it rude to post without being verified, especially after the recent influx of OF accounts seeming to be managed by the same entity.

    Here is what I think would work:

    • require a tag like [OC] or [promo] for accounts like mine where promotion is clearly the intent
    • do not allow promotional links to be directly linked to in post links, within post body texts fields
    • same for comments.

    Its easy. If the post is tagged, users will know to see OP’s bio, if they want to pursue external links.

    I assume most users here prefer the content thats not promotional, and I know most promotional accounts are just blasting out content to sell stuff. But, some of us at least, do enjoy showing off, even though we are being promotional also, and that group of users, including me, really dont want to run afoul of whatever rules you end up coming up with, so please, be clear about whatever it is you end up going with.