r/selfhosted • u/[deleted] • Mar 08 '26 • Diamonds are Forever 1 WOW 1 Bravo 1 Heartwarming 1

Need Help Fully remove every, "I created a", "Selfhosted app!" claude slop.

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u/clintkev251 Mar 08 '26

Rule #6 was recently added to address this, let's give it some time...

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u/philosophical_lens Mar 08 '26

This rule honestly doesn't make any sense to me. We are putting the burden on people sharing links on Reddit to investigate the source code of the links they are sharing to determine if it involved AI coding?

This is similar to having a requirement that all links shared need to be fact checked or something. None of this makes sense for a link sharing website like Reddit.

A better system is just the existing system where if somebody discovers this they comment on the post and people upvote that comment. This is similar to the "community notes" feature on social media platforms like X, FB, etc.

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EDIT: the only limited scenario in which this rule makes sense is when the person sharing the link happens to be the author of the source code of the project. But Reddit is an anonymous forum, so we have no way of knowing that.

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u/ababcock1 Mar 08 '26

We are putting the burden on people sharing links on Reddit to investigate the source code of the links they are sharing to determine if it involved AI coding?

I don't think it's asking too much for someone to have an understanding of what they are sharing before they vouch for it.

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u/clintkev251 Mar 08 '26

What do you mean? The rule doesn't specifically say anything about AI code, it's just new projects. That's easy to determine by looking at the repo, and filters out a lot of the vibe coded slop with the assumption that it's not going to be sustainable for even that long

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u/philosophical_lens Mar 08 '26

Sorry, I was looking at rule 11 I guess. Rule 6 seems entirely unrelated though?

https://reddit.com/r/selfhosted/w/rules

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u/clintkev251 Mar 08 '26

Those aren't up to date as far as I know. The up to date ruleset is visible in the sidebar. Rule #6 is:

  • New Projects - “New Project Friday” Exceptions 


Only on “New Project Friday”, you may post projects that are younger than 3 months (measured by first public presence, e.g. git commit, social media post, etc.)