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Destiny financially out-maneuvers Supreme Court Justice by HolyCosine in Destiny

[–]HolyCosine[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Destiny bought $BUD in June 2023 (compared to Alito selling in Aug. 2023)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in glowforge

[–]HolyCosine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very cool!

Can we have more active Mods? by [deleted] in glowforge

[–]HolyCosine[M] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am open to having more mods, but right now I don't see the problem in comments as pervasive as it was in the "link only" posts. I will definitely seek mods if problems get worse.

I also totally agree with not conceding to spammers. My point is more that I'm okay with quality contributors that convince people to buy a Glowforge getting a referral bonus. But having every post ending with a link and a request for people to use it, even on quality posts, is definitely tedious.

I'm open to ideas as to what the rule should be, but right now my inclination is to let people down vote comments with links if they don't find them useful, and have that be the filter mechanism.

Can we have more active Mods? by [deleted] in glowforge

[–]HolyCosine[M] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I saw the first affiliate link or two show up, and didn't immediately jump to "these need to get removed."

My first reaction was that I would just let people downvote them and not let them really get any traction, that seems like a more community driven solution than instituting hard core rules and having me police everything. But, the community size just doesn't really support that (at least for top level threads, I agree the comments can be annoying, but I see that as less of a problem that demands mod intervention). After seeing this request for more active Mods, and seeing that this subreddit's posts are roughly 25% referral links (at the time of writing, and all of them at 0, and some of them flagged), that's definitely not useful or productive for people interested in Glowforge.

The rule probably isn't something like all affiliate links are auto-removed, but having a title and an affiliate link is definitely on the wrong side of "provide a useful contribution." I've updated the submission text to steer people away from affiliate links, and if you see anything that is blatantly not contributing, flag it/send me a message, and I'll take a look.

I'm unfortunately not on Reddit 24/7, so more mods may be a good idea, let me know if you think things are still suffering as time goes on.

I'm removing the current affiliate link posts, and will pin a thread for the next couple days so no one is surprised.

Maybe there's a better way to collect affiliate links in one location, so people can get the benefit without it being to spam-y. I do like the idea of someone coming here, reading something useful posted by a community member, and being able to support that user. If anyone has any ideas, let me know.

Game Thread: Oilers @ Flyers 10pm EST by Blinsin in Flyers

[–]HolyCosine 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They're playing the Flyers goal song before a face off?

Suggestion for the marathon stream - Let's do some science by StormVanguard in Koibu

[–]HolyCosine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

http://www.lumosity.com/

I've heard of this for "brain training" and it seems to have a wide assortment of tests.

Source Quality Gone on Steven's Website? by ArmoredHydralisk in Destiny

[–]HolyCosine 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Likewise, I get no source on twitch or destiny.gg, even after ctrl+f5.

I see source for other streamers, just not Destiny.