r/getdisciplined • u/PeaceH Mod • Sep 01 '17

Updated Rules for Bloggers, YouTubers, Website Owners etc. (PROMOTIONAL CONTENT)

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We appreciate your submissions as many people in this sub find them helpful. To avoid saturation of content, we are implementing some new rules (bolded below). They apply to anyone who puts links in their post.

  • Articles you have written must be posted in FULL (not just through a link).

  • Under no circumstances will we allow links that link back to potential $$sales sites. Example: If you promote an app, it must be a free app, or a paid app given for free to our users.

  • Be involved in the dialogue of the post, if our readers care enough to read and comment please have the courtesy to respond back.

  • Posts with more than one link will be deleted.

  • If more than 10 % of your submissions/comments are related to your own content or website, it can be considered self-promotional/spam.

  • If you cross-post your content to more than two subreddits, you are spamming.

  • Don't put quotes or clickbait in the title of your post. The title is meant to be descriptive.

  • You will be banned for ignoring these rules.

Dear r/getdisciplined:

Feel free to report any posts that you feel violate the above rules and the mod team will act accordingly. Enough reports and the post is removed automatically. -- Everyone is a moderator.

The Moderator team

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u/JonnYellowSnow Sep 03 '17

I'm hopeful that these rules are going to help, but I also cannot Ignore the fact that all of them can be surpassed by simply creating a new account, and from what I've seen... a lot of the spammers just make new accounts anyway.

The best solution for a spammer on this subreddit would be to ban his specific website, or his specific youtube channel. That way he can make all the new accounts he wants, he still wont be able to post links to his stuff.

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u/PeaceH Mod Sep 03 '17

Yup. Banning a specific YouTube channel is nearly impossible, but websites could be banned, but only they become an extreme hassle.

Also there is another filter at play when creating new accounts: To be able to post you need an account X days old with at least X karma.

Moreover it's really about us moderators keeping an active eye on the new posts, and people helping us out and reporting spam posts.