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I like this platform, and hope it succeeds, however I have a question for the community - what are everyone's thoughts on creators? I am one, for transparency-sake, and I am pretty sure we are not wanted here, since most of us have Adventures/ Art / Battle maps / Patreons / Kickstarters / Products to sell, even though we frequently give a lot of stuff for free to the community. Thoughts?

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[–] Stoneykins@lemmy.one 4 points 2 years ago (18 children)

I'm just confused by what you are asking. Are you asking if this community is OK with you self promoting D&D related stuff you made and want to sell? If it were up to me, I would say yes within reason, no one wants this community to become one loud ad. But I'm not sure the moderator would agree and it is up to them. I don't see a no self-promotion rule yet but maybe message them directly?

If you just want to share content you found and generally participate like normal then I am absolutely sure you are wanted here.

[–] Domille@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago (17 children)

My question was about the community's outlook on the presence of creators in this space - and yes, that means at least some of the stuff they'd post would be self-promotion.

I dont think that the platform should turn into just a wall of ads, all of the subreddits had sensible rules for that, like only posting once a week etc.

The instance that this community is on does not allow ads. I do not know whether self-promotions fall under that... I feel like it does? So that would mean none of us are welcome here, at least in professional capacity.

[–] Pekka 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You should always follow the rules of the instance, of course. But if you want to do something that is not within the rules of the instance, you can always set up your own instance or find another instance where this is allowed. Even if a community (like a subreddit) on an instance thinks a certain, way, they can't conflict with the instance rules.

Creators would probably have to try sharing things in a way that users would not consider it an add. But those lines would be quite blurry, without any clarification from the instance moderators.

[–] Domille@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I, myself, have very limited time availability, and I really doubt I would have enough technical knowledge to set up an instance myself. I am also already running 2 discord communities... so right now running an instance on top of that is just not an option. That leaves me I guess just to wait and see if someone else creates something like that. Risking blurring lines on instance rules, investing my time and energy into a community that will likely ban me isn't particularly appealing either :(.

[–] Pekka 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

That makes a lot of sense, hosting an instance is definitely not for everyone. But from what @Stoneykins@lemmy.one posted, it seems things like that would be allowed here. But it might be a good idea to bring this up in !lemmyworld@lemmy.world That is the general lemmy.world community, there we can get input from the instance admins.

Well, based on the linked rules, I guess it should be fine here.

[–] Domille@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

Great idea about bringing it up in lemmyworld for the admins! I might actually do that tomorrow! Thanks!

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