Self-promotion rules · r/startups · read 15 Oct 2026
Does r/startups 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 Monthly Share Your Startup thread.
Posting about your product
With conditions
r/startups's own rules name one place for your own work: the Monthly Share Your Startup thread.
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/startups'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.
You MAY share your startup in the Monthly Share Your Startup thread
Rule: No direct sales, advertisements, or promotion No direct sales, advertisements, or promotional posts of any kind.
Rule: No direct sales, advertisements, or promotion Self-promotion is anything you have an interest, stake or relationship with including being friends with someone at the company.
Rule: No direct sales, advertisements, or promotion Sharing your blog is not a means to self promote.
Rule: Sharing Your Blog is To Start a Discussion, Never For Self-Promotion You MAY share your startup in the Share Your Startup thread
From its sidebar
What to do instead
- Use the Monthly Share Your Startup thread the room's own rules name, and keep to what that thread is for.
- Answer questions instead of announcing. When we counted, 17 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/startups
Counted from the room's last 47 posts, read 15 Oct 2026. A question is the opening a comment can answer.
- (I will not promote) Can we talk about spending money when you're bootstrapping.2026-10-14 · no replies yet
- What do you send prospects after a demo call? (i will not promote)2026-10-14 · 19 replies
- I will not promote: Is antler serious? First interview experience2026-10-14 · no replies yet
Questions
- Does r/startups allow self-promotion?
- Posting: with conditions. Commenting: open. r/startups's own rules name one place for your own work: the Monthly Share Your Startup thread. The room does not restrict who can comment, so answering a question in a thread is open to you. Use the Monthly Share Your Startup thread the room's own rules name, and keep to what that thread is for.
- Can I comment about my product in r/startups?
- 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/startups have a self-promotion thread?
- Yes. Its rules name the Monthly Share Your Startup thread. 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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