Hi @rdeets, I know it's been several hours since you've created this post, but the Mod Team needed time to discuss the nature of this submission. I would have preferred to give you very quick input on this, but this was a situation that we didn't anticipate happening and as such don't have a current rule in place.
It is apparent that you have posted content that you are the author of, for which a couple of us dislike the self-promotion and some of us feel indifferent/support self-promotion. It is clear that this is a self-published blog and not a reputable source of information vis a vis our media bias chart, in which case the Mods reserve the right to remove content based on personal discretion about reliability, not about viewpoint alignment. It seems as though the content of this submission is researched and balanced enough. However, the fact that it exists behind a soft paywall of sorts (intrusive pop-up on site encouraging registering at substack.com) rankles the majority of the Mod Team, despite the fact there are no other visible ads on this blog site. I also am going to point out that the publication date for this (July 11) is more than two weeks old, and the title is lacking a label, which is something I have commented to you before to please include when submitting to our magazine.
The Mod Team has decided not to remove this content at this time on the basis that we did not have any direct rules running contrary to such action, and that to create a rule today would be evidently reactionary to you in specific.
What I will add though is that we came to a consensus that content like this - though permissible here - should never be posted in the future as a Link submission, presenting itself on par with current journalism. Instead, we ask that in the future if you want to post content like this, you should create a Thread submission, label it "Discussion:"/"[Discussion]", include a title that is a clearly stated prompt or question to generate discussion, and then type something in the body of the submission to start the conversation in which you can include a link to your blog. By posting as a Discussion Thread, you gain the added benefit of checking the "OC" box (if present in the submission form from lemmy.world).
Ultimately, your blog meets our expectations as stated in the sidebar for educational/informative, but it should not be presented as tantamount to journalism. This is a research paper at best, and offers little to no analysis. The feedback provided in this comment passes absolutely no judgment on the viewpoint/skew of the content in this submission.
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Edit to add: the Microblog feature of the Fediverse is a more appropriate place to promote your blog.
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