Self-promotion rules · r/roastmystartup · read 15 Oct 2026
Does r/roastmystartup allow self-promotion?
Short answer: posting about your product is with conditions, and commenting in threads is open.
Posting about your product
With conditions
You post your own startup for a roast, but the mods check you are affiliated with it.
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/roastmystartup'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 will look through your post history to ensure you are at least somewhat affiliated to that start-up.
From its sidebar 4- YOU MUST POST A CLICKABLE LINK IF YOUR BUSINESS IS ALREADY OUT THERE.
From its sidebar
What to do instead
- Answer questions instead of announcing. When we counted, 2 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/roastmystartup
Counted from the room's last 64 posts, read 1 Sept 2026. A question is the opening a comment can answer.
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Questions
- Does r/roastmystartup allow self-promotion?
- Posting: with conditions. Commenting: open. You post your own startup for a roast, but the mods check you are affiliated with it. The room does not restrict who can comment, so answering a question in a thread is open to you. Answer questions instead of announcing. When we counted, 2 questions here had no reply at all.
- Can I comment about my product in r/roastmystartup?
- 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/roastmystartup 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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