Can you promote in r/careeradvice?
The short answer
Engage helpfully with publicly useful answers and get moderator permission before promoting a product or soliciting users.
What works here
- Answer questions with useful, non-commercial advice
- Mention your affiliation for transparency if relevant and minor
- Request mod approval before posting ads or product links
What gets posts removed
- Posting unsolicited promotions, ads, or solicitations
- Linking to a product/service without mod permission
- Repeated messaging that could be seen as spam or recruiting customers
Where this comes from
View the current official rules on RedditNo selling/advertising
Rule explicitly forbids selling a product and requires speaking to moderators first for advertising.
No spam
General prohibition on spam increases risk of vendor-style posts being removed.
Official rules of r/careeradvice
- 01Do not get political
- 02Don't be mean
- 03Do not sell a product
- 04Do not harass anyone
- 05No spam
Based on the community’s official rules, analyzed July 1, 2026. Rules change; the official rules page is always the source of truth.
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