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> Its no different then ads, which we've mostly accepted. I don't know which "we" you're talking about; at the very most some users tolerate ads as a thing the
by zem 3y ago
> Its no different then ads, which we've mostly accepted.
I don't know which "we" you're talking about; at the very most some users tolerate ads as a thing they can skim over while looking for the actual content they want to read. having self promotion where the actual content should be defeats the entire purpose of the site.
- tayo42 3y agoThe world of internet users besides the minority that blocks ads. Unless you pay for reddit? Exclude those too. Self promotion isn't evil, idk how people expect anyone to share content they create other wise. Reddit has up and down votes, if the content isn't good, no matter the poster it doesn't get up voted. Bad content sorts it self out
- zem 3y agoself promotion in and of itself isn't evil, but drive by self promotion in a group you do not regularly participate in is pure spam. we used to allow it on /r/indianfood on the theory that on-topic selfish promotion would be fine, and it nearly killed the subreddit with low effort youtube and blog spam blindly cross posted to a ton of groups. also I am convinced that while the majority of people don't block ads, pretty much no one values them or wouldn't make them magically disappear if they could.