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New Sidebar Rule: (lemmy.world)
submitted 10 months ago by jordanlund@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

We've had to create a new sidebar rule, we won't be enacting it retroactively because that just doesn't seem fair, but going forward:

  • Rule 7: We didn't USED to need a rule about how many posts one could make in a day, then someone posted NINETEEN articles in a single day. Not comments, FULL ARTICLES. If you're posting more than say, 10 or so, consider going outside and touching grass. We reserve the right to limit over-posting so a single user does not dominate the front page.
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[-] phoneymouse@lemmy.world 21 points 10 months ago

19 articles still seems like reasonable usage to me. Spam or abuse would probably be a bit higher than that and likely include off topic and duplicate links.

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 21 points 10 months ago

That was the question I put to the other mods... "Heyyy... we don't exactly have a rule for this, 19 seems like a lot..."

We collectively decided on 10, but this is all new, it might change!

The prime focus is making sure no single user dominates the front page. How big the "front page" is varies by app though.

[-] nicetriangle@kbin.social 6 points 10 months ago

Posting a shit ton of full text news articles is gonna get the instance DCMA’d

[-] snooggums@kbin.social 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

What is the difference between one person doing it 20 times and 20 different people doing it once?

[-] nicetriangle@kbin.social 4 points 10 months ago

I didn’t say either was good/better/whatever. Regardless of who’s doing it, if the news forums here just start posting full text articles like crazy, eventually the instance will get smacked down for it.

this post was submitted on 26 Dec 2023
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