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Biomirth t1_je2ypxk wrote

I'm all for a pretty liberal post acceptance threshold. There are all sorts of people in the city or curious about the city and I think the r/baltimore sub should think as much about how much we have here to offer as what we want to read about. There has to be a balance for sure; Can't have 27 "I'm wondering where to go for dinner when I visit" posts without interruption, but we can continue to be inclusive and inviting and accept some repetition (as we already do).

Free Dental Cleaning posts are important too. Just because you don't care doesn't mean r/baltimore can't continue to be useful to people of widely different means. Free dental is something you'd be surprised how many people would rather have than paying for extra dental insurance. For example. I think we need the humility to recognize that we don't always know what other people might benefit from. As long as we can continue to be an inclusive and welcoming group I think most things should go.

There was the gracious exchange 18 months ago (or thereabouts) where baltimore events got their own sub rather than having people post upcoming events constantly. I do think a pinned reference post would be great. Some people are here for 36 hours, some for a lifetime. Nobody will suffer from a little scrolling past a resource post. There are LOTS of Baltimore related subs that could be directly linked from here. Lets not be stodgy. It's for everyone.

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Biomirth t1_je53uzi wrote

Sometimes it is necessary. Like if your sub gets overrun with legitimate posts that all belong to a related thing. Sure, it's hard to drive traffic to other subreddits but it can work with a pinned post or links on the side or both, coupled with people referring to that sub when people crosspost. I get that it isn't ideal but it's better than the other options (banning relevant posts or just allowing all types of posts), no?

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Fun-Net-1824 t1_je57qmj wrote

Prior to the reddit post last year, I was unaware of the low cost dental cleanings at CCBC, so I found that post back then very useful and took them up on the offer. So on the reddit community end, there is a benefit to having them appear.

That being said, we don't need every single Dental student in the Baltimore region creating their own individual reddit threads every start of semester / every time scheduled patient was a no show.

A potential compromise might be a single collective pinned post at the start of semester?

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