Does r/programming allow self-promotion?

What r/programming'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.

• If a majority of your contributions to reddit constitute self-promotion, you will be banned

• If you immediately start submitting promotional material with a fresh account, you will be banned

• If you wish to use reddit as a promotional tool, please do so legitimately.

• Are you interested in promoting your own content?

What it actually removes

r/programming removed 13 posts for links or promotion in 7 days, counted from its own moderator bot's public comments over 7 days, read 10 Oct 2026. Through a public mirror, not the Reddit API.

• 13Links or promotion, removed for carrying a link or reading as promotion.
• 1Other 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

1. Do not post about your product here. A removed post can cost the account, not just the post.
2. Answer questions instead of announcing. When we counted, 2 questions here had no reply at all.
3. Leave the link out of your first replies. Links are what this room's bot was counted removing.
4. Read the live rules page before you post. The rules can change after the copy we quote was taken.

What people ask in r/programming

Counted from the room's last 51 posts, read 1 Sept 2026. A question is the opening a comment can answer.

• Stripe Payment Cloaking2026-09-01 · no replies yet
• Programming in c by Stephen Kochan2026-08-31 · no replies yet
• Things a code review will never see (running list)2026-08-30 · 4 replies

Questions

Does r/programming allow self-promotion?

Posting: closed. Commenting: open. r/programming's own rules ban self-promotion posts. The room does not restrict who can comment, so answering a question in a thread is open to you. Do not post about your product here. A removed post can cost the account, not just the post.

Can I comment about my product in r/programming?

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/programming have a self-promotion thread?

Its rules, as quoted on this page, name no thread for promotion. Answering questions in the room is the door that stays open.

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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