Reddit rules index · read 2026-10-04
Can you promote on r/dating?
Self-promotion restricted Its rules restrict self-promotion. Posts that promote your own work are likely to be removed.
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What its rules say about promotion
Stay on topic. No r4r ads, spam, advertisements or promotional content.
Do not post links to your YouTube/video channel, blog, journal, web app, or website. This includes posting hyperlinks in text posts, comments, putting URLs/ads in flair, or making a username the name of a website. Likewise, regardless of how relevant it may be, do not advertise on behalf of others. If you wish to officially advertise on reddit, contact the site directly and learn how to take out an ad.
All 7 rules of r/dating
- Be polite and respect each other. Give good, ethical advice.
Be polite and respect each other. Do not generalize large groups of people. Do not engage in slapfights, namecalling, or trolling. If a user attempts to engage you in a slapfight, report them and move on. Do not give unethical advice or advocate for violence. - This is not the place to try and get a date
/r/dating is a place to discuss, ask questions, and get advice about dating and dating culture. This is not a place to find cybering buddies, kik pals, or sexting partners, or to find a quick weekend date or +1. These posts will be removed immediately, period. Check out our sidebar for some potential subs that are created for that purpose (such as /r/r4r). - Stay on topic. No r4r ads, spam, advertisements or promotional content.
Do not post links to your YouTube/video channel, blog, journal, web app, or website. This includes posting hyperlinks in text posts, comments, putting URLs/ads in flair, or making a username the name of a website. Likewise, regardless of how relevant it may be, do not advertise on behalf of others. If you wish to officially advertise on reddit, contact the site directly and learn how to take out an ad. - NSFW posts must be marked
Any discussion of explicit sexual content should be marked NSFW. If you fail to do this, mods will do it for you. Talking about sex in general isn't NSFW, but graphical description is. - No Personal Information
Do not give out personal information publicly on /r/dating in posts or comments. What you do via PM is of your own free will. Personal information can include, but is not limited to, phone numbers, chat handles, Skype names, facebook profiles, Snapchat IDs, photo sharing accounts, screen names that aren't on reddit, etc. Any personal information posted that is obviously not your own will be immediately removed, and your account will be banned. - No harmful or hateful rhetoric
/r/dating is not a platform for users to air their personal opinions and peeves, or seek validation or vindication. This means keeping red pill, seduction/PUA, incel, pinkpill, purplepill, FDS, and blackpill material out of /r/dating. Please note that is not an all-inclusive list. Users found to be engaging in such rhetoric will be met with an immediate ban. [More info can be found here.](https://www.reddit.com/r/dating/wiki/rules) - Be a good community member
Do not flood the subreddit with posts. Do not abandon threads once somebody has replied. Report rule-breaking content - don't feed the trolls.
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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The verdict is our reading of r/dating's rule text on 2026-10-04. Rules change and moderators decide: read the current rules before you post. Not affiliated with Reddit or r/dating.