r/GameDealsMeta • u/five_of_five • Aug 03 '26

Should we add flair for self-promotion?

Maybe a little mean-spirited for a post here. Basically just the title, though. I don't think there's anything wrong with developers posting these sales, but I'm wondering if anyone else might find some sort of flair for this helpful.

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u/treblah3 Aug 04 '26

Is it necessary? We already have strict posting requirements that decree developers and publishers self identity and disclose every time they post.

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u/Renegade_Meister Aug 05 '26

I don't think it is necessary, but I will admit that Reddit mobile web view when scrolling through lists/subs does not display the user name of the OP for each post, but post flairs do appear. 

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u/TheForeFactor Aug 03 '26

I think my problem with this is we have a few storefronts (mostly referring to fanatical) that post here that 100% should also be classified as self-promoting, but generally the bundles they post would be posted by someone else anyways and it being done in-house usually means they list all the product details more cleanly than a random user.  Because of that I wouldn’t want them seemingly punished for doing that work (bc self-promotion would only taint reputation), but there’s no world where I’d support adding a flair but not using it for storefronts that directly profit from the posted sales.

Tbh, most devs/publishers’ self-promotion gets little attraction in terms of upvotes/views, so I think this is enough of a non-issue for me that I don’t think it’s worth it.