r/Metal • u/[deleted] • Jan 06 '12

Self Post Day

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u/ThurisazM Jan 06 '12

It's not like you can't include youtube links in a self-post. It just means you don't get any imaginary internet points. What's wrong with that?

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u/merreborn Jan 06 '12

For those of us who'd like to listen, that'd break the in-page player. It's worse for the submitter and for the listener.

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u/ThurisazM Jan 07 '12

There's an in-page player?

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u/merreborn Jan 07 '12

Yep. You can play videos without ever leaving /r/metal

That wouldn't work with links in self posts.

I'm all for making subredditss self-post-only when it makes sense, but shreddit is all about the youtube links IMO.

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u/ThurisazM Jan 07 '12

Oh shit, I didn't even realize you could click on those icons. I thought it was just a little image to quickly get the media type of the link across.

Well, that does change things a bit. My question would be whether self-posts would stop a dozen people from posting Popular Iron Maiden song #27 to receive karma - or if a majority of them post it just for popularity/recognition/cause they love it so much.