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by codingdave
1180 days ago
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Spam is about repeatedly sending the same content when it adds no value to the audience. It doesn't matter how well you phrase it, or whether the product itself is decent. It is about respecting your audience. When you get banned for your content that is a clear message that the audience in not interested in your content. When you then work around the bans to keep re-posting that content, as OP did, that is absolutely spam. So you are correct - Show HNs are content for which HN has an appetite. OPs content might be received just fine as a 'Show HN'. But on reddit, with the way they approached it, it is spam. |
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Is one self-promotional post on Reddit ok by your standards?
If one is ok, is 2 ok? How about 3? Where should we draw the line? Is it ok to make 1 self-promotional post every year? Every 6 months? Every month? Every week?
What if subreddit rules allow self-promotional content? Would posting there be ok?
> when it adds no value to the audience.
If only Reddit had a system for rating content.....(see the following)
> The post got a lot of traction with 200k views and 1.5k upvotes within 8 hours and lots of comments asking questions about it and some saying how helpful this could be.