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[META] Are paid for, closed source projects, being advertised on this community, appropriate? (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) by breadsmasher@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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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:

first post is a brand new project
project is closed source
project will cost money
is asking for free testing
the post is literally an advertisement

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[–] AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Every comment you make makes me more and more convinced that you've created a throwaway account to advertise your own paid products here.

[–] irmadlad@lemmy.world 0 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Now that is quite hilarious. What paid products am I advertising? I'm not a dev, and frankly I would never be a dev. For one, I'm not that well educated in the area of programming. Two, I wouldn't be confident enough to release it to the public. Three, I wouldn't put up with all the bellyaching that goes on, demanding that a dev do this or that with something he wrote. Hard pass.

[–] AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Did I say you did so on this account?

Your long reply and bullshit about "bellyaching" isn't helping me think otherwise.

[–] irmadlad@lemmy.world 0 points 1 hour ago

Did I say you did so on this account?

OK you got me. I joined a year ago, made a fistful of accounts, just for this very day. Even though, if you rifle through all of my posts and comments, you'll pretty much see, I have no programming skills and I have nothing to sell. But again, you are welcome to your own opinion.

Your long reply

I'm— sorry—I—used—too—many—sentences.