Isn’t this what upvotes and downvotes are for? Do they only want posts about billionaire mega corporations? 10% is a really strict cutoff for people that make things as a hobby. What else am I gonna post when everything else is already posted instantly? I can’t post to r/pcgaming for the same reason.
I’m not trying to sell anything, it’s a free download, my videos aren’t monetized, I don’t accept donations. I’m an active commenter too even if I don’t make many posts there. My posts get lots of upvotes with good ratios, and I space out my posts so they’re not frequent at all.
Also the fact that they count it site-wide instead of sub-wide means if you create your own sub or use an appropriate niche sub, you’re gonna screw up your own ratio.
In the sub I helped mod, it was a necessary way to reduce spam. Our rule was simple - no links to storefronts.
link to reviews, link to release announcements, blog posts / devblogs - fine! link to steam or etsy or whatever - nope.
without this nuance, it quickly devolved into a few folks flooding the forum for personal promotion. with the nuance, they’d have to create content - blogs, reviews etc., - that would actually be worth visiting instead.
YMMV, and I think this also very subjective depending on the kind of creators involved.