Reddit rules index · read 2026-09-26
Can you promote on r/photocritique?
Self-promotion restricted Its rules restrict self-promotion. Posts that promote your own work are likely to be removed.
- 1,752,038 members
- link posts only
- posting limited to approved users
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This is a community of passionate photographers to work together to improve one another's work. Our goal might be described as making this a place geared toward helping aspiring and even professional photographers with honest feedback. We would like the information given here to be a tool to help those that are serious about their photography to improve.
What its rules say about promotion
No self promotion/karma whoring
Submissions which are simply designed to drive traffic to your instagram/website/whatever are not permitted.
All 9 rules of r/photocritique
- Post only photos you took
Only photos you have taken are permitted. Do not post photos taken by others. Similarly, digital artwork and photo collages are not permitted. - One photo per submission
Only submit one photo per submission. Collages and albums are not permitted. If you desire, you may link to other photographs in your followup comment(s). - Follow up critique requests are required
After you submit your photo, you are required to leave a follow up top-level comment describing your intent the photo, providing additional details and context, and asking for specific feedback on specific aspects of the photo. - No nudity or sexual content
Nudity and sexualized posts are not permitted. All other NSFW content (such as gore or distressing images) must be marked as NSFW - Comments must be critiques
Comments on images must provide a meaningful critique of the image. This means no low effort comments like "nice" "great photo" etc. - You must engage with the community
You are expected to engage with the community. Community members are doing you a favor by giving you feedback, in return, you should respond to answer questions, thank people for their feedback, etc. - Post direct links to photos
Please link directly to photos. Links to albums, other webpages, etc. are not permitted. - No self promotion/karma whoring
Submissions which are simply designed to drive traffic to your instagram/website/whatever are not permitted. - Be nice!
Most importantly... be nice!
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The verdict is our reading of r/photocritique's rule text on 2026-09-26. Rules change and moderators decide: read the current rules before you post. Not affiliated with Reddit or r/photocritique.