Reddit rules index · read 2026-10-07
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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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What its rules say about promotion
No link shorteners
Do not use link shorteners or affiliate/partner links in the body of posts or replies - they will be automatically removed.
What its rules say about AI and bots
No AI generated answers
Do not post AI generated answers. AI rarely offers anything of value and may not provide sources to its claims. By all means use AI to assist, but please investigate its answers and provide your own proof of its claims. Straight copy/paste answers will be removed and the user will receive at least a temporary ban.
All 11 rules of r/HelpMeFind
- Titles must be descriptive
Your title must describe what you want help finding, at least a little bit. Posts with generic titles like "Help!" or "Where can I find this?" will be removed, even if you are already receiving answers. - Comments must be helpful
Jokes and other unhelpful comments, even after the answer has been found, are bannable offenses, even on first offense. If your comment doesn't help, don't comment. - No searching for or attempts to identify people (famous or otherwise), lost animals, or lost items.
Use this rule to report content that attempts to search for a person. - No Memes or viral videos
No searching for memes or viral videos - No solicitations for financial/medical donations.
- Not marked found
Use this rule to report a comment that solves a post but the OP has not marked it as such. - Nothing NSFW
There are more appropriate subs and it will be removed. - No link shorteners
Do not use link shorteners or affiliate/partner links in the body of posts or replies - they will be automatically removed. - No help requests for unidentified drugs/medicine.
- Do not repost the same question more than once a week. Wait longer if you're repeating this.
- No AI generated answers
Do not post AI generated answers. AI rarely offers anything of value and may not provide sources to its claims. By all means use AI to assist, but please investigate its answers and provide your own proof of its claims. Straight copy/paste answers will be removed and the user will receive at least a temporary ban.
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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