The LTT Official Discord is very weird. The rules mention:
5. No advertising of any kind.
• This includes "follow me @ Example", server invites, and affiliate links.
However after posting an educational video regarding online privacy:
to initiate discussion, I get silenced by the bot with no explanation except that I was advertising. The rules must be more clear to prevent ambiguity. It was not an affiliate link, server invite, or advertising of any product. Last week I posted:
and did not get silenced. The goals of me posting my videos are always to initiate discussion and never to advertise any product. If you plan on silencing people for advertising, please be more explicit in your rules and in your bot silences. It would be advertising if it was my content or if I was profiting out of the things I post to initiate discussion. The videos posted were all of smaller YouTubers who posed no threat or competition to Linus Media Group. Thus the word "advertising of any kind" does not apply here. You may say that I am advertising "Free Software" but in that case, what entity am I really advertising? Saying things I like Corsair products is no less advertising and people don't get silenced for it.
I understand that it is private property and that I have to play by your rules and do not get to exercise free speech but please consider being more explicit in rules and silences. We want to create a friendly environment for all of us who are in the platform.
I did not know what category this would belong so I posted it in #off-topic.