Can you promote in r/freelancers?
A place for all-things freelance! Issues with your client? Ideas for new projects? Web development ideas? This is the spot!
The short answer
Do not post product pitches or links; if you must engage, answer helpfully without mentioning or linking your product and request moderator permission before any survey or explicit promotion.
What works here
- Participate in discussions and give non-promotional help
- Mention tools in a non-promotional, contextual way only (very limited)
- Request mod approval before posting surveys or market-research
What gets posts removed
- Posting your website, portfolio, or service offerings
- Sharing referral links or promotional content
- Recruiting, hiring posts, or taking conversations to DMs
- Posting AI-generated content (forbidden)
Where this comes from
View the current official rules on RedditNo advertising / self-promotion
Rules state all forms of advertising and self-promotion are considered spam and banned (permanent ban for infringements).
No referral links
Sidebar explicitly forbids referral URLs and gives examples of banned self-promotion (websites, YouTube, GitHub, etc.).
Recruitment disallowed
Rule says the subreddit is not for recruiters or job posters; job ads and project briefs are not allowed.
Surveys require approval
All surveys, research, or market validation posts must be approved in advance by moderators.
Limited tool promotion allowed
Sidebar notes 'Promotion of useful tools for freelancers is allowed to an extent', indicating conditional allowance.
Official rules of r/freelancers
- 01Follow ToS & Rediquette
- 02AI generated content
- 03Advertising
- 04Recruitment
- 05Unauthorized research and market validation
- 06Acceptable languages
- 07Moving into private channels
- 08No blogspam
Based on the community’s official rules, analyzed July 8, 2026. Rules change; the official rules page is always the source of truth.
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