Can you self-promote on r/aviation?

Q: Can you self-promote on r/aviation?

Self-promotion restricted. Its rules restrict self-promotion. Posts that promote your own work are likely to be removed. Read 2026-10-11 from the community's own rules.

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Can you promote on r/aviation?

Self-promotion restricted Its rules restrict self-promotion. Posts that promote your own work are likely to be removed.

AI-generated content not allowed Its rules remove some or all AI-generated posts, comments or media. Write it yourself here, or pick another community. Other communities' AI rules.

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Aircraft, airplanes, aviation, and flying. Helicopters & rotorcraft, airships, balloons, paragliders, and anything that sustains you in the air is acceptable to post here. Please read our rules before posting, and check if there are megathreads active for any topics. Thank you for participating in the r/aviation community.

What its rules say about promotion

No Clickbait, Blogspam, or Self-Promotion
Any post or comment that is advertising any product, service, poll, or similar activities will be removed. We do not grant exceptions, and this rule will be applied at the moderators’ discretion. Anything that is posted in order to drive engagement to any kind of video, social media page, blog, or website will be removed.

Seatbelts Fastened
The moderators may turn on the seatbelt sign for any post that becomes popular or controversial. Once illuminated, commenting will be limited to frequent posters on r/aviation. These posts will be heavily moderated and r/aviation’s rules may be applied more stringently, including comment removal reasons or temporary bans. The goal is to promote more civil discussion and reduce violations of Reddit’s site-wide rules.

What its rules say about AI and bots

Rules for Media
All media must be either original content or correctly attributed to the proper source and should be actual photographs or videos in line with our mission statement. Content may be removed at the moderators’ discretion, including: - Low quality content where the main subject is not easily discernible - FlightRadar24 (or similar) screenshots - Flight simulator posts - Memes, troll posts, or image macros - Models or figures - Drawings or CGI - Altered, fake, or photshopped images - AI content

All 10 rules of r/aviation

Be Respectful: no racism, trolling, or bad conduct
This subreddit is open for civil, friendly discussion about our common interest, aviation. Excessively rude, mean, unfriendly, or hostile conduct is not permitted. Racism or any form of hate will not be tolerated and will result in a ban.
Keep Content On Topic
We accept almost anything related to aircraft, airplanes, aviation and flying. Helicopters, rotorcraft, airships, balloons, paragliders, winged suits and anything that sustains you in the air is acceptable to post here. The following subreddits should be used for related aviation subtopics: - r/flightradar24 or r/adsb for adsb-related posts - r/combatfootage for combat and war content - r/flightsim for gaming - r/whatplaneisthis for aircraft ID - r/fearofflying for flight safety questions
Follow Reddiquette
It is expected that all members follow reddiquette, as is current here: https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/205926439-Reddiquette
Contribute to the Discussion
If you post in this subreddit, you are expected to engage in the discussion. Do not post images, links, or videos just to karma farm or drive engagement. Questions with simple or easily-googled answers are not allowed.
Rules for News
All news posted to r/aviation should include a primary source. Please use the article's headline as the post's title, rather than your own interpretation of the content. Articles should be easily accessible and not behind a paywall. Any false or misleading information in the post or article may result in removal.
No Politics or Religion
This sub is about aviation and the discussion of aviation, not politics or religion. We do not allow political adjacent discussion, antagonistic political discussion, or discussion of political figures. Anything that violates this rule will be removed. Repeat offenses may result in a ban. Discussions around regulations, changes in laws, opinions on those changes, and general discourse on the rules and regulations that may affect aviation are allowed and should be actively discussed.
No Clickbait, Blogspam, or Self-Promotion
Any post or comment that is advertising any product, service, poll, or similar activities will be removed. We do not grant exceptions, and this rule will be applied at the moderators’ discretion. Anything that is posted in order to drive engagement to any kind of video, social media page, blog, or website will be removed.
Rules for Media
All media must be either original content or correctly attributed to the proper source and should be actual photographs or videos in line with our mission statement. Content may be removed at the moderators’ discretion, including: - Low quality content where the main subject is not easily discernible - FlightRadar24 (or similar) screenshots - Flight simulator posts - Memes, troll posts, or image macros - Models or figures - Drawings or CGI - Altered, fake, or photshopped images - AI content
No Gore / Limited NSFW Content
We do not allow posts or comments that include gore or links to gore. NSFW content may be removed at moderators discretion. NSFW content that is not flagged as such will result in a permanent ban.
Seatbelts Fastened
The moderators may turn on the seatbelt sign for any post that becomes popular or controversial. Once illuminated, commenting will be limited to frequent posters on r/aviation. These posts will be heavily moderated and r/aviation’s rules may be applied more stringently, including comment removal reasons or temporary bans. The goal is to promote more civil discussion and reduce violations of Reddit’s site-wide rules.

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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