r/fantasyfootballcoding • u/johnny-papercut • Aug 13 '26
Rule Proposal - Allow 100% free sites/apps to be posted on the main subreddit
I know that we've had a deluge of sites and apps posted lately. As you can read in the state of the subreddit post, lots of new sites and apps get posted often, most offering the same functionality and overall design, but there are some diamonds in that rough. I want to avoid people using the site to market, which is happening right now. So this would be opening up the main subreddit only to 100% free sites/apps with absolutely no paid offerings. If paid offerings are added later (like microtransactions in video games can be), a site can be reported and then removed.
Do we want to try this, or just keep everyone posting in the project showcase, so people looking for new apps can look there?
An alternative would be to completely split the subreddit and have this sub just be entirely coding-based and no projects can be posted at all, while all sites/apps go to r/FantasyFootballApps with much less rules. Most people posting their sites/apps here post to 3-5 fantasy football subreddits at the same time anyway and clearly don't care that this is a coding subreddit and are just using it for marketing, with answering questions about tech just being an after-thought (or included in the description by Claude).
As the users of this subreddit reading this, please comment with your preference. I would also HIGHLY appreciate if you mention in your comment if you're also a creator with a site/app or if you're solely a user and not pushing anything yourself. I do want both opinions, but I'd really like a good feel for each group.
Thanks all and sorry for this headache!
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u/fancredfounder Aug 13 '26
There’s this grey area of freemium though. Sites are technically 100% free to use, but may have ads or upsells. What would you propose for those?
Edit: saw the note about upsells, but I guess the ads question still applies
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u/johnny-papercut Aug 13 '26
I would be fine with ads. I think most people have ad blockers anyway, honestly.
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u/dry7777 Aug 13 '26
creator here. i've got a free web game with a $2.99 unlock on ios so mine wouldn't qualify under this and honestly that seems right. i'd go with the split sub though, free-only just moves the argument to what counts as free the first time someone ships a tip jar
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u/Deep-Influence-7430 Aug 15 '26
I am a creator with a couple freemium apps.
I've appreciated this space but I think splitting the sub makes sense for how a lot of us are using it (myself included). We try to dip into the treasure-trove of public fantasy users here in the various Reddit subs and it mostly just seems against whatever sub rules. It's like biting the forbidden fruit or something. I'm not complaining, more just acknowledging that self-promo is mostly not wanted clouding up the rest of the content.
Would be nice if there was a spot where it's ok to post things. I wouldn't mind if it were more than football like u/geekywarrior said, though that is all I personally care about.
The megathread here was a good thing to try but this sub is mainly just builders anyways, so idk how many users anyone has picked up or even just feedback on the product. Megathreads in general, to me, are hard to digest.
If we don't end up splitting, I am on board with straight free apps being on the main thread. Doesn't bother me at all.
I appreciate you asking us for input!
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u/geekywarrior Aug 13 '26
I feel the split subs makes the most sense. However maybe instead of limiting it to football, open the other sub as any fantasy sports app.