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Can you promote in r/socialmedia?

A sub for professional discussion about social media, news, and best practices.

The short answer

Answer helpfully and contribute to discussion first; if mentioning your product/company do so briefly for transparency, avoid sales language, links, or recruitment unless the post explicitly allows it or you have mod approval.

What works here

  • participate in professional discussion
  • share links if accompanied by original analysis/context
  • respond to questions with expertise (non-promotional)

What gets posts removed

  • unsolicited promotion or driving traffic to personal channels
  • posting ads, recruitment, surveys, or commercial solicitations
  • posting without a relevant flair or as spam

Where this comes from

View the current official rules on Reddit

Self-promotion discouraged

Rule 6 explicitly asks members to refrain from unsolicited self-promotion or driving traffic to personal channels.

Spam/advertising banned

Rule 7 and sidebar state spam/advertising = ban, indicating commercial posts are prohibited.

Links require commentary

Rule 4 requires linking to be enhanced with your own commentary or analysis — raw link posts discouraged.

No surveys/petitions or selling

Rules 8 and 9 ban buying/selling accounts, engagements and posting petitions or surveys without mod permission.

Professional-only focus

Sidebar and Rule 1 emphasize this sub is for professionals and professional discussion only; other posts will be deleted.

Official rules of r/socialmedia

  1. 01Professional discussion
  2. 02Be civil
  3. 03Don't be lazy
  4. 04Enhance link shares with commentary
  5. 05This is not a help desk
  6. 06Self-Promotion
  7. 07Spam/advertising or click bait
  8. 08No buying or selling accounts, likes, engagements etc.
  9. 09No posting petitions or surveys
  10. 10No job postings
  11. 11No memes, screenshots or comics
  12. 12All posts need a flair

Based on the community’s official rules, analyzed July 8, 2026. Rules change; the official rules page is always the source of truth.

Read the Intoru research and correction methodology.

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