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SheeEttin t1_j6fl4qa wrote

No self-promotion for commercial events, even if it's free. I think self-promotion is fine if it's something like city government or philanthropic events.

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WaitForItTheMongols t1_j6g17dz wrote

Just to be clear - I'm imagining a self-promotion being something like "Hey folks, I finally opened my pizza shop! Come in today if you'd like to try a free slice :)". And in that case, I'd see no problem with it. I like the idea of letting cool local businesses support themselves, on the condition that there has to be a free event involved, and if someone gets spammy about it, they can be asked to stop.

How do you feel about that? Is that considered a commercial event, which you'd be opposed to?

I'm not a mod or anything, just curious to make conversation with other people.

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SheeEttin t1_j6g28sx wrote

If it's one post and they're actually engaging with the community and not just dropping the ad and leaving, then I might be okay with it. Even if they're not offering free slices.

The ones that bug me things like the constant ads for comedy events, where they blindly blast it across multiple subreddits, and continue to do so even when they don't get any engagement.

Reddit has pretty good guidelines here: https://www.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/360043504051-What-constitutes-spam-Am-I-a-spammer-

And while it's no longer updated, the self-promotion guidelines are really good: https://www.reddit.com/wiki/selfpromotion

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