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I think affiliate links should be banned or restricted from this instance (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 year ago by SymbolicLink@lemmy.ca to c/main@lemmy.ca

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I noticed this Wealthsimple Community pop up in my "active" list today.

Clicked in and noticed its empty, but the sidebar contains a sneaky affiliate link for the moderator of that community.

Same thing with the Wealthsimple Trade Community.

I think this sort of activity should be banned from here tbh, definitely at the mod level.

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[-] Shadow@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah this is my thought too.

Is someone posting a YouTube video they made and are monetizing, advertising? Where do we draw the line?

[-] SymbolicLink@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah I think that would be an OK case and these specific things can be up to the moderators of communities. I know that some communities require mod approval before self promotion is allowed, so I think in the CGP Grey community case it would be a non issue.

I think starting with a super specific rule around affiliate disclosure as proposed would be good enough to avoid this particular problem.

this post was submitted on 11 Jul 2023

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