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This assumes that they don’t offer their services on that sub.
I see women who have only fans get insulted and berated when they post on subs. More recently, go look at a looks max advice sub. If you have an only fans in your profile, they will call you any name under the book, insult you and berate you.
I think that this is deplorable behavior. I made my point and everyone immediately got on my ass calling me a simp and an incel or whatever else they called me.
It’s human decency to treat people with respect. Their job shouldn’t change that. And when they post, people should just do what they post is intended. They should have access to the sub just like everyone else. They aren’t one dimensional beings. They can do only fans and still be insecure or want validation etc,
I think people that behave this way are horrible people. It goes back to the old waiter test. Judge a person by the way they treat those they perceive to be beneath them. I think all it does is highlight how horrible people are.
But with that said, I got downvoted and insulted for saying it, so I may not seeing something that they aren’t.
Edit: so we have all pretty much dialed into the main question,
What is considered advertising and what is considered sincere engagement.
I think that sincere engagement is anything relevant to the topic at hand. If it could have been said or done by a regular account, it should be fine. If there was promotion of any kind or mention of profile, then it needs to be reported and let the mods sort it. You should not be insulting people, regardless of their history.
No they didn't have a link in their profile. I looked at their other comments because putting something or nothing in a profile doesn't tell you everything you need to know about a person.Â
Like you just admitted that people have to consider the context of what is being said in order to look into a profile, that's counted intuitive to your argumentÂ
Do most people put their job in their profile?
If they're passionate about it, it's definitely something they COULD put in their profile. Like the example of what I said, youtuber with channel in profile, I don't think it's reasonable to assume that any link in a profile is inherently an ad.
I mean, if that was generally the thought process on reddit, wouldn't mods just ban anyone with an OF in their profile? Like, mods ban offtopic posts and actual spam ads all of the time, but I generally think that most people aren't clicking on the profiles of random commenters.
I actually recently responded to someone who was spamming a link in a subreddit, I clicked on their profile because I wanted to see other advice they gave and they were posting the link in every other comment. This person didn't have the website in their profile, but the context of their previous posts informed me about their intentions while posting. Not having a link in your profile doesn't mean you're not advertising and most subreddits are run in a way where the expectation is to be on topic regardless of the person's profile.
So it's more important to respond to the actual words being said than it is to make a judgement based on something in a specific profile. I mean, not that mods are 100% correct all of the time, but a post being offtopic for redirecting someone to an onlyfans looks far different from one that is genuine.
I don't believe it makes more sense to consider every profile with an onlyfans, or a youtube channel, or anything money related (like if I had a referral code for like netflix or something), is inherently an ad just because it's in their profile.
I believe most people are thinking critically about whether or not something is an ad. This onlyfans looksmaxxing issue, and all issues concerning ontopic posts from people with onlyfans in their profiles, is a separate non-ad issue.
I'm not so sure that's the case.
If they're posting pictures of themselves, like on a sub where people are offering to meet up or looking for relationships, then yeah that's possibly an ad.
But if someone is just giving advice, or asking for advice, then it's not really fair to say they are doing so as an ad. Your profile information doesn't dictate what you come to reddit for, I think the context of your posts does. Profiles aren't there so you can check to see if someone in a chess forum likes chess more than say star wars; and if someone IS a big star wars fan to the point they have a star wars youtube channel they've linked to in their profile, that doesn't mean every single post in a chess subreddit from that person is an ad.
To further that analogy, if they were contributing to a discussion about star wars in a star wars subreddit, I still don't think every post in that subreddit is an ad -- obviously if they're saying "man I wish there was a youtuber who knew more about tatooine, oh wait I'm a youtuber" that's obviously an ad. But if they give their opinions in the subreddit, no mention of their channel, that's not an ad.
The context of the post should dictate whether or not it's an ad. The example OP gave probably isn't, but maybe there's a specific post in looksmaxxing that you're thinking of that fits the criteria you gave?
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I know, you're missing the point. To get to a place where you are looking at a profile, you have to see an initial post and judge that.Â
If someone isn't engaging in a discussion in a good or on topic way, thats sus
If someone is engaging in a discussion in a good or on topic way, it doesn't make sense to check their profileÂ
So, it doesn't make sense to say the latter is automatically an ad because why would you check someone's profile if they are on topic and engaging?Â
To answer the obvious, it would only be done if you have some sort of external issue with a specific person, it's not related to an ad.Â
Having a link in bio doesn't make all interactions an ad. Not having a link in bio doesn't make all interactions not an ad.Â
If you're going to a profile, it should be because something they posted about was off. If it's off, you can use context clues from other comments rather than specifically anything in a bio.Â
Something being an ad is based on context of content not anything personal like what is in a bio.Â
Consider a Star wars subreddit and a poster with a link in profile
Ad: if you want sexy Star wars babes, I know a few (😉)
Not an ad: I think Leia is a better protagonist than luke