Can you promote in r/helpdesk?
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The short answer
Do not post promotional product information or links; engage as a helpful community member without mentioning your company — use the hiring post format only for real job listings.
What works here
- Answer technical/helpdesk questions without promoting a product
- Post on-topic discussions about IT support and careers
- Post job openings using the required [HIRING] title format and details
What gets posts removed
- Promoting your product, tool, or service or posting marketing content
- Helpful-sounding posts that end with a link to something you built
- AI-written answers that exist to deliver a product link
Where this comes from
View the current official rules on RedditNo spam or self promotion
Rule explicitly bans promoting products, vendor accounts, or helpful-sounding comments that end with a link to something you/your company built.
No AI-written promotion
Rule removes long AI-written answers used to deliver a link to a product and bans the account.
Hiring allowed with strict format
Real job openings are welcome but must follow the [HIRING] title format and include company, duties, requirements, pay range, and application method.
Scope is IT support professionals
Subreddit focuses on help desk/service desk/desktop support topics and career discussions — promotional/vendor recruitment outside hiring posts is disallowed.
Official rules of r/helpdesk
- 01This is not Reddit support
- 02Stay on topic
- 03No spam or self promotion
- 04Job hunting goes in the weekly thread
- 05Don't be a jerk
- 06No AI written advice with a link attached
- 07Hiring posts must use the [HIRING] format
Based on the community’s official rules, analyzed July 25, 2026. Rules change; the official rules page is always the source of truth.
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