Isn’t this what upvotes and downvotes are for? Do they only want posts about billionaire mega corporations? 10% is a really strict cutoff for people that make things as a hobby. What else am I gonna post when everything else is already posted instantly? I can’t post to r/pcgaming for the same reason.
I’m not trying to sell anything, it’s a free download, my videos aren’t monetized, I don’t accept donations. I’m an active commenter too even if I don’t make many posts there. My posts get lots of upvotes with good ratios, and I space out my posts so they’re not frequent at all.
Also the fact that they count it site-wide instead of sub-wide means if you create your own sub or use an appropriate niche sub, you’re gonna screw up your own ratio.
It’s crap.
I have encountered it multiple times on different subs when trying to talk about Lemmy.
It’s a tactic for Reddit to avoid people hearing about alternatives, a la “there is no war in Ba-Sing-Se” ([email protected] reference)
For people who were there during the Digg exodus, was it also forbidden to talk about Reddit there?
Someone didn’t check the context before commenting.
I did.
There is a parallel to be made between OP wanting to share their free download, and people trying to share Lemmy as a free forum.
Yeah, reddit just isn’t as free as I thought it was.