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
  • breadsmasher@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    2·
    2 hours ago

    To be very clear. I am raising brand new accounts who have only ever interacted with this community to post their paid for product.

    Not discussing the product in a wider conversation. Literal first post being “I made a product. Pay me for it”.

    I dont think that should be allowed.

    What if plex started posting here with their new paid for products?

    • curbstickle@anarchist.nexusMEnglish
      1·
      2 hours ago

      Personally? I have zero interest in that happening. As I’ve said before, I consider myself the janitor not the dictator.

      It would be selfhosting related, of primary relevance as a lot of folks use it still despite… everything plex has done in the past several years, and I would not be able to consider it a rule violation as of now.

      There would need to be a new rule or a change to the existing.

        • curbstickle@anarchist.nexusMEnglish
          1·
          42 minutes ago

          So lets get specific on rules, and break it down and turn your post into one:

          • Closed source commercial applications may not be posted from an account less than 7 days old or they will be removed.

          Now what about mostly open but with a paywall on features (so partially closed)?

          I’m happy to have a rule change here, I just think it needs to be a clear rule and community supported. If you’d like I can make it a pinned post to be voted/commented on.

            • curbstickle@anarchist.nexusMEnglish
              2·
              13 minutes ago

              I tweaked things a bit to be more about percentage of comments/posts, which I think may be a better approach, in a newly posted sticky so we can memorialize the change. Its not implemented yet, and we can go back to an age-of-account approach, but I think % participation may make more sense.