Reddit rules index · read 2026-09-26
Can you promote on r/freelance?
Self-promotion restricted Its rules restrict self-promotion. Posts that promote your own work are likely to be removed.
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Articles of interest for freelancers and people who want to become one. Violating the rules (https://old.reddit.com/r/freelance/about/rules) will cause your post/comment will be removed and you will be banned permanently.
What its rules say about promotion
No advertising or self-promotion
**Examples** of prohibited content include: - your app or SaaS - your website or portfolio - your profile on a freelance site - a blog post you wrote - a article that mentions your company - your mailing list or newsletter - a Slack group, IRC channel, or other external chat - a book you wrote - a course you teach - a code repository for a project that you created - a video you made or appear in - any other external resource that you benefit from or are affiliated with
No surveys or market research questions
This subreddit isn't your focus group. You cannot use it: - to determine interest in your new idea for a freelancing marketplace or service - to help with a research project, school paper, or blog article - to ask freelancers questions to help improve your product or service
No referral URLs or shortened links
Referral URLs and other coded links are prohibited in this subreddit.
All 9 rules of r/freelance
- No hiring or soliciting work
Use /r/forhire to look for work or to find freelancers. This includes companies or individuals looking for freelancers, freelancers looking for work, or freelancers looking for partners or collaborators. Note that responding to posts or comments violating this rule or asking people to send you a private message are also violations of the rule. - No advertising or self-promotion
**Examples** of prohibited content include: - your app or SaaS - your website or portfolio - your profile on a freelance site - a blog post you wrote - a article that mentions your company - your mailing list or newsletter - a Slack group, IRC channel, or other external chat - a book you wrote - a course you teach - a code repository for a project that you created - a video you made or appear in - any other external resource that you benefit from or are affiliated with - No surveys or market research questions
This subreddit isn't your focus group. You cannot use it: - to determine interest in your new idea for a freelancing marketplace or service - to help with a research project, school paper, or blog article - to ask freelancers questions to help improve your product or service - No soliciting private messaging
Do not ask people to send you a private message or if you can send them a message. Do not comment that you have sent them a message. - No referral URLs or shortened links
Referral URLs and other coded links are prohibited in this subreddit. - No offtopic posts or comments
This includes: - posts/comments not primarily about freelancing - posts/comments about hiring or managing freelancers (this subreddit is for freelancers, not the people who hire them) - posts better suited to a different subreddit (e.g. UK-specific questions should be posted to /r/freelanceUK, questions about web development should go to /r/webdev, see the sidebar for additional examples) - No bots or automated users
- Follow Reddiquette
https://www.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/205926439 - No duplicate posts
Do a subreddit search before creating a post or asking a question.
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