Hi GameDeals Community,
I noticed HF Games posted 11(?) deals for Galaxy Trader during their time in GameDeals. They seem to be focused only on their games and not other games from other developers. I seen other communities allow creators to promote their work as long as they post content outside of their own. I like that idea and believe it could help a community grow. I propose that we change rule #9 to the following.
Developers/Publishers may post their game sale if they post two other game sales not in their portfolio. 2:1 ratio.
- If there are more upvotes than downvotes, rule 9 changes to the above.
- If there are more downvotes than upvotes, rule 9 gets removed.
- if there are less than 10 users voting, nothing changes.
This poll will close on 2025-11-14 04:00 UTC.
Let me know what you think.
Update 2025-11-14 06:05 UTC: Poll closed. 21 upvotes; 7 downvotes
Here’s an interesting discussion about astroturfing on Reddit (I know, ew lol)
https://old.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/1ot0nvg/game_dev_admits_to_large_astroturfing_campaign_on/
Basically it seems like the rule only punishes the honest devs, dishonest devs will just make/buy fake accounts and pretend it’s an organic post