Can you promote in r/automation?
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The short answer
Participate genuinely first, disclose your affiliation when mentioning your product, provide clear value (help, demos, lessons), avoid affiliate links and shorteners.
What works here
- Posting blog posts or product posts that clearly add value
- Answering questions and sharing tools when relevant
- Posting demos or insights if not spammy
What gets posts removed
- Using referral/affiliate links or URL shorteners
- Posting blatant advertising or repeated self-promotion without contribution
- Dropping links without explanation or value
Where this comes from
View the current official rules on RedditSelf-promotion allowed with conditions
The rules explicitly permit blogs and self-promotional material provided it isn't spam and offers something to the subreddit; follow Reddit's 9:1 guidance.
Affiliate/referral links banned
Referral or affiliate links (and URL shorteners) are explicitly prohibited and will be banned.
Be civil
General civility is required; low-quality promotional posts could be removed as a breach of community standards.
Official rules of r/automation
- 01Be nice to one another.
- 02Blogspam & Self Promotion
- 03No referral/affiliate-links.
Based on the community’s official rules, analyzed June 22, 2026. Rules change; the official rules page is always the source of truth.
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