Reddit rules index · read 2026-10-05
Can you promote on r/pep?
Self-promotion restricted Its rules restrict self-promotion. Posts that promote your own work are likely to be removed.
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PEP (post-exposure prophylaxis) is medication that prevents HIV infection after a possible exposure. Also referred to as the HIV "morning-after pill."
What its rules say about promotion
No spam or promotion
No advertising, affiliate links, self-promotion, or service marketing.
All 12 rules of r/pep
- Be respectful
Be respectful: Post removed for harassment, stigma, or discriminatory language. Be kind. - No substitution for medical care
This subreddit is not medical advice. Always seek a qualified healthcare provider for personal guidance. - PEP and sexual health only
Posts must be directly related to PEP, HIV exposure risk, testing, or prevention. - Testing, diagnosis and reassurance-seeking posts
Posts asking for reassurance about whether someone else has experienced a particular HIV outcome, asking for personal risk estimates, or seeking anecdotal reports of rare outcomes may be removed. The subreddit is for factual questions about PEP, testing, prevention and HIV—not for crowdsourcing reassurance or individual case comparisons. Questions about testing windows and recommended testing protocols are welcome when they can be answered with established guidance or reliable sources. - No low effort posts.
Posts must include sufficient detail to generate useful discussion. One-line posts, vague questions, and posts that can be answered by the Community FAQ will be removed. - No misinformation or unsafe guidance
No false claims about HIV transmission, PEP effectiveness, timing, or risk levels. - No spam or promotion
No advertising, affiliate links, self-promotion, or service marketing. - Public discussion only
All advice and discussion must remain in public comments. No requests or offers to move conversations to private messages (DMs) are allowed. - No grey-sourcing medications
Do not ask for or provide information on how to obtain or buy PEP or other medications outside of standard healthcare services (e.g., clinics, hospitals, doctors). - No photos
Do not post images (including genital photos or images of rashes or lesions). Use text descriptions only. - No Test Interpretation or Risk Estimates Before Final Testing
Do not post asking others to interpret the meaning of a test result or estimate your risk before the final testing window. A negative result during the waiting period is encouraging, but not conclusive. - Read the testing guidance first
Read the subreddit’s Community FAQ testing guidance before posting. Basic questions already answered there may be removed and redirected to the relevant guidance.
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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