Reddit, Redditors and Self-Promotion

IMO, there's no issue with self-promotion as long as a) it is disclosed transparently and b) it is done sparingly and only when relevant.

The person in the video did not do a), and I see many people in Hacker News link to a startup without mentioning that it's their startup or a startup by a friend. (A quick Twitter search usually identifies that)

Yes, it's a double standard. I also wish that Reddit would remove the 10:1 rule because no one follows it.

A good policy that many subreddits respect is an [OC] tag on submissions, which helps alleviate the disclosure problem, and one I've used frequently.(http://www.reddit.com/user/minimaxir/submitted/) It also helps that I don't benefit financially or socially for any OC content submissions.

Video talks about one of the biggest drawbacks in these websites, as it goes through all the experience some of us have and had with reddit, digg, and so many other user-submitted content websites.

I've come to the conclusion reddit loves self-promotion, but only when it like the content. Not easy for users who actually create content.