Can you promote in r/london?
A sub for everyday London life and the occasional tourist that passes through. Please read the rules and be respectful to our community.
The short answer
Engage as a helpful local participant, avoid overt promotion, disclose affiliation if relevant, and request mod permission (modmail) before posting anything promotional or survey/app related.
What works here
- Answering questions and helping with local advice
- Posting in designated megathreads for small questions
- Requesting permission via modmail for promotion (may be granted)
- Giving away tickets for free (allowed)
What gets posts removed
- Posting product/ company promotions, demos, launches or surveys without prior mod approval
- Private sales or soliciting customers
- Posting paywalled content or excessive self-promotion
- Using the subreddit as customer-service or lead generation channel
Where this comes from
View the current official rules on RedditSelf-promotion prohibited
Rule explicitly disallows self-promotion (YouTube, blogs, surveys) and says app promotion requires prior modmail and is usually denied.
No private sales
Private sales are not permitted, which covers direct transactional solicitations.
Use megathreads for small questions
Many visitor/moving/travel questions are directed to a weekly megathread, reducing scope for standalone promotional posts framed as basic questions.
Not a customer service channel
Mods remind users the sub is not customer service or official social media for companies.
Official rules of r/london
- 01Keep it local!
- 02RTFM!
- 03Be civil - no hate speech, extremism, or bullying
- 04Shaming or compromising photos/videos must be anonymised
- 05No private sales
- 06Self Promotion
- 07Submissions cannot be memes, image macros, or reaction gifs
- 08Avoid reposts and duplicates
- 09Use the flairs
- 10No more than 1 photo posts per user per day
- 11Limits to crime posts
- 12This isn't Google/customer services
- 13Paywall/Similar
- 14No Agenda Posting
- 15Weather Discussion To Be Kept In Megathread
Based on the community’s official rules, analyzed June 24, 2026. Rules change; the official rules page is always the source of truth.
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