So, you post this:
FFXIV forums: Just a link with translation "omg look at my vid!"
MMO champion forums: Gets closed because you overlook the main topic for this (can happen)
Subreddit: Gets banned because of breaking the rules..
What's next? On tumblr? twitter? Facebook?
The only way this happened is if the video had an ad on it, which if you got banned from the subreddit, is extremely likely. There are options to stop monetization on your videos. https://support.google.com/youtube/a...94522?hl=en-GB
Last time I uploaded, or saw someone upload a video, this option was not ticked by default (Might have changed since) but either way you should be aware of how YouTube works before you use it.
Ontop of that...posting a NEWBIE guide on a sub reddit screams out advertising. There are 1000s of starter guides on youtube, 100s of sites dedicated to providing starter tips, heck even the official site does. Where does yours stand out from the rest? Is yours better production value then curses videos? No offence but I highly doubt. The removal of your post, and account seems fair.
Last edited by mmoca8c3a8c487; 2015-10-02 at 07:03 PM.
I'll take the fact that I recieved messages asking for more guides on more topics reason enough to make them. The "it's been done already" line is silly and a weak argument. I get more of the impression from this forum that the bashing is against videos in general and overall elitism in the sense that many of the people who posted here believe themselves above the information. That being said I won't waste my breathe arguing the necessity for such tutorials on those who the video was not made for in the first place.
Youtube video guides are horrible, i support the reddit mods in removing unnecessary stuff.
There are rules on Reddit about self-promoting, and that falls under it by their definition. This isn't an opinion, this is a hard rule of Reddit. If you have an issue with anyone, have an issue with Reddit's rules themselves, not the moderators of FFXIV's Reddit.
They're simply enforcing site rules and in fact by doing that they potentially saved you from actually being banned from Reddit itself
A thread you mean? You have a sub-forum, the best you could do is get a sticky "New Player Help Thread" or something like that.
Pretty much. GW2 lost its sub-forum awhile ago. Now people have to go to the Megathread in the "General Video Games" forum.
Still wondering why I play this game.
I'm a Rogue and I also made a spreadsheet for the Order Hall that is updated for BfA.
I don't consider myself above tutorials.
I think that a YT-vid with ads in front of it is a horribly inefficient way to distribute said information.
FF-XIV has class forums. Write your guide and post it there. That's where it belongs. You can also link the video version of your guide there for people that happen to like that sort of thing.
However, if said guides already exist, instead of creating a new one from scratch, be part of the community and collaborate with the current guide writers in order to add information that is missing.
If you truly want to help newbies instead of wanting to be all "LOOK AT MA YT AND HOW AWESOME I AM!" that is.
Because nothing is more confusing than finding 3 guides that all say different things.
If someone's YT guide is 30 minutes long, they've definitely done something wrong. 30 minute videos should generally be for Lets Plays and videos that are meant to be in-depth style discussions..
Visual guides, like those on YT, work best in a short format (ideally 5-7 minutes, depending on subject matter) and there are some good examples of that floating around. Basically, if it would take you a few minutes to read, it should only take a few minutes to watch.
I wish more YT guide makers understood that less is more in these situations, and you overwhelm the viewer if you try and put too much information in and take too long doing so.
This is like a goldbuyer crying about getting banned from WoW.
Good stuff.
Did you read your own quote?
The part where it says "As a rule of thumb, 10% or less of a user's content should be self-promotional content.".
How much % of a guide in the form of a youtube video counts as self-promotion?
Did the moderator even bother investigating anything before powertripping?
Why did you create a new thread? Use the search function and post in existing threads!
Why did you necro a thread?
1) The rules state no EXCESSIVE self promotion. A single contribution to the community isn't excessive. Thinking so is about as logical as the airlines that charge you an "excessive bag fee" for your one entire bag.
2) Someone in this thread said they'd never want to watch a long video guide. OP's guide is about 3 minutes and details several critical things a new player would want to know when starting out.
3) IMO it's actually quite good.
However, OP, you're posting this same thread everywhere under the sun. You really shouldn't do that.
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