Self-promotion rules · r/photography · read 15 Oct 2026
Does r/photography allow self-promotion?
Short answer: posting about your product is with conditions, and commenting in threads is open. Its rules name one place for your own work: the weekly community threads.
Posting about your product
With conditions
r/photography's own rules name one place for your own work: the weekly community threads.
From the room's own rules
Commenting in threads
Open
The room does not restrict who can comment, so answering a question in a thread is open to you.
From the room's own comment setting
What r/photography's own rules say
Every line below is the room's own sentence, word for word, including its spelling. We pick the sentences about promotion, links and who may post; we never shorten one.
We have regular community threads where you can share your photos.
Rule: Photo Sharing in Community Threads This sub is for discussing photography, not just sharing your work.
Rule: Photo Sharing in Community Threads No direct for-profit advertising or self-promotion of any kind is permitted outside of the relevant weekly community threads.
Rule: No Spam or Self-Promotion Any self-promotion must be no more than 10% of your submissions to the sub or Reddit, per Reddit's guidelines.
Rule: No Spam or Self-Promotion We do not allow blogspam, ads, shortlinks, self-promotion (including seeking votes for your contest entry, and referral links), crowdsourced funding, circlejerking, karmawhoring, or DAE/ITAP posts.
From its posting guidelines
What it actually removes
r/photography logged 12 removals in 7 days without naming a reason, counted from its own moderator bot's public comments over 7 days, read 10 Oct 2026. Through a public mirror, not the Reddit API.
- 12Other removals, removed for a reason the wording did not name.
This counts only what the room announces. A moderator removing something by hand leaves nothing to count, so a low number would prove nothing, which is why we only print this for rooms where it is high.
What to do instead
- Use the weekly community threads the room's own rules name, and keep to what that thread is for.
- Answer questions instead of announcing. When we counted, 7 questions here had no reply at all.
- Read the live rules page before you post. The rules can change after the copy we quote was taken.
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What people ask in r/photography
Counted from the room's last 48 posts, read 1 Sept 2026. A question is the opening a comment can answer.
- Circular Polarizer on DJI Mavic Pro 22026-09-01 · no replies yet
- I’m mapping every studio & shoot location you can actually rent in India Tier 1 City— what am I missing?2026-09-01 · no replies yet
- Has anyone been able to join Fred Miranda lately?2026-09-01 · no replies yet
Questions
- Does r/photography allow self-promotion?
- Posting: with conditions. Commenting: open. r/photography's own rules name one place for your own work: the weekly community threads. The room does not restrict who can comment, so answering a question in a thread is open to you. Use the weekly community threads the room's own rules name, and keep to what that thread is for.
- Can I comment about my product in r/photography?
- Open. The room does not restrict who can comment, so answering a question in a thread is open to you. Mention what you sell only when it answers the question someone asked, and say it is yours.
- Does r/photography have a self-promotion thread?
- Yes. Its rules name the weekly community threads. Keep to what that thread is for.
How this page was made
The rules come from the arctic-shift public mirror's copy of the room's rules list, sidebar and posting guidelines. We do not use the Reddit API. The posting answer rests on the room's own words when they say anything about promotion, then on removals we counted, then on our inference, and the line under each answer says which. A rule that was rewritten after the mirror's copy was taken will not show here, which is why the capture date is printed above.
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