| ▲ | tossaway0 2 days ago | ||||||||||||||||
I haven’t given it enough thought, but would a ban on selling ad space do the trick? You can self promote, but you can’t pay third parties to do it for you and you can’t sell it as a service. | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | JumpCrisscross 2 days ago | parent [-] | ||||||||||||||||
> would a ban on selling ad space do the trick? How would you define ad space? > You can self promote, but you can’t pay third parties to do it for you and you can’t sell it as a service An acid test I've found surprisingly powerful is that of the founders promoting the Constitution through pamphleteering. They wrote the pamphlets themselves. The historical record is silent on whether they paid for their printing or distribution. (The papers could publish due to subscribers and paid advertising.) If your rule would let them pamphleteer, it should be fine. If it would not, it probably needs work. I have not yet seen a definition of advertising that satisfactorily isolates this. | |||||||||||||||||
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