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Can you promote on r/AskEconomics?
Self-promotion restricted Its rules restrict self-promotion. Posts that promote your own work are likely to be removed.
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A central repository for questions about economic theory, research, and policy. Please read the rules before posting, as we remove all comments which break the rules. Answers must be in-depth and comprehensive, or they will be removed. Posts must be in the form of a question.
What its rules say about promotion
Rule V
No "Soapboxing" or loaded questions. This is AskEconomics, not DebateEconomics. Questions should be reasonably specific, not debate prompts, long manifestos, or policy proposals to be critiqued. Posts primarily seeking to push an agenda or start arguments rather than seeking answers to questions will be removed. This also applies for posts that are primarily self-promotion.
All 5 rules of r/AskEconomics
- Rule I
Please be respectful in the comments. Personal attacks and insults are not allowed. Offending comments will be removed and repeat offenders may be banned. Please report any violating comments to the mods. - Rule II
All claims (and especially claims in top-level comments) should be rooted in economic theory and empirical research - not opinions, anecdotes, lay speculation, or personal politics. It is strongly recommended that claims be sourced by citations to applicable research. If your comment begins with "This is just my opinion, but..." or any variation, it will nearly always be removed. **Top-level comments by non-approved users must be manually approved by a mod before they appear.** - Rule IV
This is not a subreddit for homework questions. If you have questions about homework problems, please submit them to /r/econhw. This includes "what should I write my paper about?" and "how do I write a paper about this topic?" questions. By the same token, this is not a subreddit to find a tutor. Do not ask for tutoring, paid or otherwise, or for other users' contact information to arrange tutoring off of reddit. - Rule V
No "Soapboxing" or loaded questions. This is AskEconomics, not DebateEconomics. Questions should be reasonably specific, not debate prompts, long manifestos, or policy proposals to be critiqued. Posts primarily seeking to push an agenda or start arguments rather than seeking answers to questions will be removed. This also applies for posts that are primarily self-promotion. - Rule VI: Stock Tips
This is not a subreddit for stock tips and investment / personal finance advice, including generic career advice. Please do not ask which stocks are best, what certain stock-related subreddits are doing, etc. Personal finance questions are better directed to a personal finance subreddit.
What the written rules don't show
- Unpublished minimums. Many communities remove posts from new or low-karma accounts through AutoModerator settings that are not on the rules page, often before a moderator sees them.
- Reddit's own filters. Reddit's site-wide spam filters can remove posts from accounts that mostly share links to their own site, in any community.
- The community's norms. Many communities see themselves as peers, not an audience: post where you already take part, and make the post worth reading without the link.
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