> Imagine how absurd it would be for Reddit or Hacker News to have a policy like this.
Some subreddits apparently ban you for linking to personal websites on them. Some forums ban links to other forums. There was a newsletter platform I recall that prevented you from exporting your mailing list (I forget it’s name). Many fiction websites ban you from linking to other sites where you share your fiction
These policies are really lousy, but we can’t pretend they don’t exist elsewhere
> Some subreddits apparently ban you for linking to personal websites on them.
The "no self-promotion" policy originally came from Reddit. Reddit assuaged the wording in 2013 [1] but it's still used by the most popular subreddits as justification to remove whatever they [don't] want.
For example, a pretty cool r/Minecraft Starry Night build [2] was #2 on Reddit when it was removed, perhaps due to Rule #11: Self-promotion must be kept to a minimum. To my knowledge, no explanation for that removal was ever provided.
I discovered this the hard way while building Reveddit. I mention it in the FAQ under Why haven't I heard about this? [3]
Some subreddits apparently ban you for linking to personal websites on them. Some forums ban links to other forums. There was a newsletter platform I recall that prevented you from exporting your mailing list (I forget it’s name). Many fiction websites ban you from linking to other sites where you share your fiction
These policies are really lousy, but we can’t pretend they don’t exist elsewhere