While it is true that you were getting more likes and interactions when you were sharing yours posts on discord, I don't know if we can call that advertising. You were sharing a Hive post about Splinterlands on the Splinterlands discord, so you're not reaching any potential new players. At best, you're getting eyes from people who don't use Hive much but they already play Splinterlands.
The only upside is that with so many likes the posts might have been trending, reaching people outside the Splinterlands community, but still inside Hive. I don't know if there are any people already on Hive that haven't heard about Splinterlands. Even if they get curious, a post about Survival Mode is probably not the best introduction for a new player. In that spirit, bravetofu's post with his offer for new players signing up under him is more relevant.
Regarding the spam aspect, you have to understand that if every person shared all their posts on discord, it would get crazy. Should they make an exception for you? There is a channel for sharing posts but no one checks it. Maybe you could PM someone on discord to ask for permission to share a post. Even that might not be great as it could create a lot of spam for those validating posts.
Your posts didn't die. I've been posting regularly for more than 2 years and I don't think I have ever gotten 700 likes.
I think you missed the point. When I was allowed to spread the word about my posts, we had 700+ engaged. When that wasn't allowed anymore, we had a more than 10x drop in engagement. These are just numbers. Objective, inrefutable numbers. If we want more engagement, we have to figure out a way to promote.
I didn't miss the point. I said that you got more likes when you shared than when you didn't. I know they are numbers. I just don't think these numbers meant any kind of promoting the game to people who don't already play or know about Splinterlands.
And the biggest issue is what would happen if everyone who made a post about Splinterlands did the same.
Thanks I appreciate your opinion! I think having 700+ people reading multiple articles about a new upcomig game mode was contributing positively in an actual, tangible way. That was tanked (lol) and I feel that negatively affected the game. Is it a huge effect? Nope. But was I doing at least something positive? Even a little. Yup. That's just my opinion though. People can obviously have very different opinions!