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-====== Rule 8: Spam is not permitted, including accounts which excessively post profile links or advertise products and services. ====== +====== Rule 5: Spam is not permitted, this includes creating spam accounts that only serve to provide profile links or advertise products and services.  ====== 
-  * Spam is a form of attention theft, and is therefore deeply unpopular with almost everyone.+  * Spam is deeply unpopular here. If you are a commercial brand posting advertising or marketing material the benefit of the doubt leans against you. 
 +  * Users who don't like commercial entities should use [[https://docs.joinmastodon.org/user/moderating/#blocking-and-muting|the block and mute functions]] liberally. You don't have to report them.
   * It is not permitted to register or run accounts which exist for the sole or primary purpose of:   * It is not permitted to register or run accounts which exist for the sole or primary purpose of:
     * posting profile links     * posting profile links
     * advertising products and services     * advertising products and services
-  * Some commercial entities have accounts on Infosec.Exchange which is per se not a violation of this rule. +  * Commercial entities are permitted to have accounts on Infosec.Exchange. We want them to participate meaningfully in the community. 
-  * Don't be a jerk. +  * One post is not spam. One post a day is not spam. More than that might be. 
 +  * Posting 2 or more posts a day that have essentially the same content is spamming. Posting essentially the same thing 2 out of 3 days, is also spamming. Repeating yourself a lot (whether robotically or typing) can be spamming. 
 +  * Participating in the community requires 2-way conversation. Posting lots of stuff without engaging/discussing is probably spam. 
 +  * Sending one unsolicited message to someone is not spam. More than one might be.