Self-promotion rules · r/sweatystartup · read 15 Oct 2026
Does r/sweatystartup allow self-promotion?
Short answer: posting about your product is with conditions, and commenting in threads is with conditions.
Posting about your product
With conditions
r/sweatystartup's own rules allow promotion only under the conditions quoted below.
From the room's own rules
Commenting in threads
With conditions
Commenting is open, but its bot removed 5 posts from newer accounts in 7 days.
From removals we counted
What r/sweatystartup'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.
Add value and start a discussion, blatant self plugging is not tolerated.
Rule: No blatant self plugging.
What it actually removes
r/sweatystartup removed 5 posts from newer accounts 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.
- 5Newer accounts, removed for karma or account age.
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
- Answer questions instead of announcing. When we counted, 2 questions here had no reply at all.
- Build some history in the room first, from an account that has commented before.
- 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/sweatystartup
Counted from the room's last 65 posts, read 1 Sept 2026. A question is the opening a comment can answer.
- For those that have started excavation/skid steer work2026-08-31 · 1 reply
- Small town. How do you vet what's actually in high demand?2026-08-30 · 24 replies
- What do you do for clients that nobody ever notices, but everybody would notice if you stopped?2026-08-30 · no replies yet
Questions
- Does r/sweatystartup allow self-promotion?
- Posting: with conditions. Commenting: with conditions. r/sweatystartup's own rules allow promotion only under the conditions quoted below. Commenting is open, but its bot removed 5 posts from newer accounts in 7 days. Answer questions instead of announcing. When we counted, 2 questions here had no reply at all.
- Can I comment about my product in r/sweatystartup?
- With conditions. Commenting is open, but its bot removed 5 posts from newer accounts in 7 days. Mention what you sell only when it answers the question someone asked, and say it is yours.
- Does r/sweatystartup 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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