Like a lot of “what’s allowed on LW” questions, the answer is a bit subtle.
Yeah, it’s interesting, “is X allowed?” is a question that newbies to a community often ask, and the answer is always sorta “uh, sorta? no one is the hall monitor here. but you may wanna reply a bunch first and pick up on what the vibe is and you will have a more instinctive understanding that makes the question as posed in its abstraction seem wrong to you too.”
Yeah, it’s interesting, “is X allowed?” is a question that newbies to a community often ask, and the answer is always sorta “uh, sorta? no one is the hall monitor here. but you may wanna reply a bunch first and pick up on what the vibe is and you will have a more instinctive understanding that makes the question as posed in its abstraction seem wrong to you too.”