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A place to share alternatives to popular online services that can be self-hosted without giving up privacy or locking you into a service you don't control.
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Be civil.
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No spam.
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Posts are to be related to self-hosting.
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Don't duplicate the full text of your blog or readme if you're providing a link.
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Submission headline should match the article title.
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Promotion posts require active participation, with an account that is at least 30 days old. F/LOSS without a paywall has exceptions, with requirements. See the rules link for details. Tags [CBH] or [AIP] are required, see the links in Rule 8 for details.
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Not sure this actually addresses the issue.
The rules need to be clarified. Again, whats stopping any big corporations shilling their garbage here?
No advertising bot is going to admit to it. The only people for whom failure to jump this hoop will be a blocker, are legit posters.
Nothing before I started moderating, and as of now nothing either.
Again, I'm sharing what I'm doing to check and see if its blatant spam and nothing more. Anything else would mean a rule change, which is always open for discussion from the community, as I've mentioned.
I'll point out #2 has also resulted in numerous reports, including for #3.
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?
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.
Right ..
So lets get specific on rules, and break it down and turn your post into one:
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.
I think the wording is reasonable. appreciate the effort!
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.
participation as a requirement is a good idea, actually providing first before trying to take