As the market starts to rise again, we're starting to see more updates from coins that do not meet the rules and standards of /r/Cryptocurrency.This results in the mods removing posts and hearing an increase in cries about "Censorship" against specific coins.So here are some specific reminders about some specific rules to remember:Partnerships:A partnership MUST be an actual partnership. It can not be tests, academic papers, involvement in an incubator, involvement in an accelerator, or you simply being a customer of that brand. If it is, it will be removed.A partnership post MUST be confirmed by the major brand. If a coin claims to partner with BMW, then the post should be linked to on an official BMW source. It cannot just be on your coins blog or a coin news site. If it is, it will be removed.Working with an individual at a company, or a department of a large company does not mean you have a partnership with that company. It counts as a partnership if it is a signed agreement with that company that can be posted by their official channels.If a company is forking a chain to make a private version of it for internal corporate use that is not a partnership. Framing a post about it in a way that suggests it as a partnership is considered shilling and an attempt to manipulate the coins price.A press release about a partnership being picked up on various news sites is not considered an official source. Anyone can buy a press release.Brigading and Manipulation:You may not ask, suggest, encourage or insinuate that people should upvote or comment on your submission to /r/cryptocurrencyIf you post a link in a chat or subreddit you must use the np.reddit.com link.The mods have a number of automated tools to identify bot voting, manipulation and brigading and monitor it carefully in both /r/Cryptocurrency and in major crypto chat groups. Even legitimate posts that are brigaded may be removed for violating Reddit's site-wide rules.Having community members mass comment low quality remarks about how great your project is, is also considered brigading.Foundations, Councils, Research Groups:Forming or joining an industry foundation, council or research group is not considered newsworthy.Members joining a foundation, council or research group is not considered newsworthy.Newsworthiness and Quality:Someone tweeting something about crypto is very seldom newsworthy. The mods may allow exceptions at their discretion.Titles that do not accurately reflect the information presented in an article, or overstate their importance will be removed.Shilling disguised as a self-post will be removed. Everyone knows that your goal was to simply shill a coin project you hold, if a post isn't providing new, topical, relevant or important information or fostering fruitful, in-depth discussion that fairly represents both sides of the discussion, then its likely just a shill post that we will remove.If something is posted about multiple times on the front-page, mods will remove the duplicates.Other Post FAQs:Why are the mods biased against my coin?They aren't. In fact, between the mod team, we probably hold, follow or support crypto from most if not all of the top 100 projects. This diversity of interest is helpful in policing each other.The mods don't "hate" or "conspire" against your project. Your project and your community have a hard time following the rules and so your posts get removed.Why doesn't the community like my project?/r/Cryptocurrency was created as a place to discuss ALL blockchain projects by people who believe in the crypto space. While we only have 875,000 subscribers, we receive more than 10M unique monthly visitors in peak markets.Those visitors are not here to hear low-quality news about your project. That is not what they want. They want to hear about a diversity of projects and things that benefit the cryptocurrency market as a whole.If you get mass downvoted it is probably because you did one of three things:Made posts suggesting your crypto is the best and the only one that matters. No crypto is the best. No crypto is the only one that matters. By posting claiming this, it is clear you are shilling or don't understand this industry. Therefore most users here will not trust you or take your post seriously and will downvote it.You made a post suggesting your crypto has no faults. All cryptos have faults. Our community isn't dumb. If you can't engage in reasonable, honest discussion about your coin, no one will trust the posts and they'll downvote them.You spammed low quality news about releases, weekly updates, meaningless partnerships or other things that do not matter to the crypto community. You've created a news fatigue about your coin. People are tired about hearing it. There have been so many low-quality announcements about your coin that they can't take anything seriously and will downvote your project.But, my coin really is the best and will be the only one left in 50 years - I need to tell people that!No.No one takes that post seriously.Just like there isn't one company in the world, there isn't one take-all crypto.But, my coin project has no faults and is perfect and does everything!No.It doesn't.If the project team says that then you are being mislead.We're in a young and evolving industry. Everything has faults, and at this point, pretty big ones. Even the most polished complete and experienced products have drawbacks.People don't trust you or the projects you support if you say it is perfect.Have an honest dialogue about downsides and people are more likely to listen.The news I posted is the most important thing in crypto ever, but it got removed!Remember, that if you passionately follow a project and are heavily invested in it then you have an affirmation bias. You likely think the news is far more important than it actually is.How should I post to succeed on /r/Cryptocurrency?If you want a project to be well received, respected and discussed on /r/cryptocurrency here are a few suggestions:Only share your most important news. Don't shill low quality content that dilutes trust.Be honest in project downsides and willing to maturely discuss them. People don't trust "moonboiz".Don't attack other coins. Assuming a market will only have one contender, or that other coins need to fail for you to succeed makes you seem short-sighted.Don't brigade or post low-quality comments on posts about a project you like. It just makes it look shilled and makes real investors not trust the project.Don't complain about a conspiracy from the mods. We're really not out to get you. When the community sees that behavior it greatly diminishes their respect for, and trust in, that project and their community.
Submitted May 17, 2019 at 11:42PM
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