what I can see on bitdice previous ann thread the reason behind locked the previous thread and creating a new one is they are launching new version 5.0
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And I can see the old thread is still in this gambling section. That means more than one ann thread for one project is against the rule according to this
One thread per site ONLYBtw anybody can create a self-moderated topic and it will remain good until they don start something shady by deleting posts only against them.
I believe it just means one active thread. Old thread has been locked.
Before the discussion gets any wilder here, I want to clarify that the point of self-moderated thread is not to censor constructive criticism. However, we wish to keep the thread on the right track and as a place to announce stuff and that's difficult if it gets spammed by nonsense. After Joksim and some other people filled our thread with all kind of repetitive posts, even some people unrelated to BitDice mentioned that a self-moderated topic would make it easier to keep the thread on-point.
There's some people on this forum that have a clear grudge against BitDice and there's no other easy way to ensure that the thread isn't filled with same kind of nonsense that the old thread was filled with in the past.