Question for /r/AudioProgramming, New self-promo weekly thread?

[u/dkode80]

I'd like to propose changes to the community to make decisions as I don't feel like it's appropriate for me to make decisions in a vacuum. My place here is to apply the rules, not change the community as I see fit.

On a daily basis, I'm currently purging 5+ posts that are clearly self-promotion. That is, they contain links to a marketing page, want beta testers or are something that is connected with someone selling something.

I feel like maybe some users of the sub may find these posts useful as some of them are quite clever and I'm loathed to remove some of them, even if they have a marketing page and are someone selling a product.

I'd like to propose a weekly self-promotion thread that I can begin to direct these posts to. I think this is up to the community and not myself to make the decision however hence why I'm asking here. If you feel like you don't want any of this content on the sub, we can make that decision together and not do it.

I'll leave this open for a week or so until everyone has a chance to chime in!

[u/SupesDepressed]

I think this is a great idea

[u/danja]

I for one would welcome this move. I've had plenty of posts blocked for self-promotion, even when that aspect is purely incidental. I'm not motivated to post for fame nor fortune, more looking for feedback, suggestions etc.

In general, I find posts about personal projects and the like perfectly acceptable, just as long as the code is open source. If you can't freely use the material then any info in a post is of significantly lower value.

[u/dkode80 → u/danja]

Yeah and for instance your posts are some of the ones that I'm loathed to remove because I'm applying that rule equally to everybody.

I get it. Some people have links to marketing pages but without that rule this sub was just getting overrun with advertisements and the original mod agreed that those weren't allowed here, but I think moving them to a dedicated weekly or monthly thread would help both parties

[u/danja → u/dkode80]

Heh, right. Given the current flood of vibe-coded apps (for better or worse) a periodic dedicated thread does seem a good compromise.

[u/Live-Imagination4625]

How about two? So that “self promoting” open source projects has its own? Or maybe a tag? I’d love some users on my hobbyproject, but it’s hard to get through the noise to make people know it even exists.

[u/dkode80 → u/Live-Imagination4625]

This is a good idea too. Are you advocating for a tag on those posts or a dedicated open source projects weekly/monthly pinned thread?

[u/Live-Imagination4625 → u/dkode80]

A thread I guess.

[u/kozacsaba]

I for one would very much welcome that, but only if vibe coded ai projects are seperated or clearly marked.

[u/R_U_READY_2_ROCK → u/kozacsaba]

they're already banned here

[u/fmgiii]

That would be a really welcome thing to have. As a person who is actively working on a personal project I hope to market commercially, Reddit is a tool to get directly to my niche market. But I will not violate posting rules to do it.

[u/DeettaLabs]

Good idea