Reddit rules index · read 2026-10-04
Can you promote on r/restaurantowners?
Self-promotion restricted Its rules restrict self-promotion. Posts that promote your own work are likely to be removed.
Bots or automated accounts not allowed Its rules remove posts or comments from bots or automated accounts. Post and reply yourself here. Other communities' AI rules.
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A community to help restaurant owners push their businesses to the next level. Share news, tips, and advice.
What its rules say about promotion
No spam or self promotion.
Reddit may have relaxed its position on self-promotion, but /r/restaurantowners does not: - If a majority of your contributions to reddit constitute self-promotion, or you submit promotional material with a fresh account, you will be banned. - After polling the community, FOR SALE posts are allowed for individual restaurants and restaurant equipment ONLY. Multiple posts for the same listing will be deleted and the user may be banned on a per case basis. PLEASE POST FOR SALE RESPONSIBLY.
No affiliate or referral links.
No affiliate or referral links. You shouldn't be gaining anything from links posted.
What its rules say about AI and bots
No bots.
All 11 rules of r/restaurantowners
- Posts should foster reasonable discussion.
- Keep submissions on topic and of high quality
Submissions should be directly related to restaurant operations. Please avoid generic blog spam / re-hosted content. Likewise avoid posting single images, links, memes, or single sentence text posts. - No spam or self promotion.
Reddit may have relaxed its position on self-promotion, but /r/restaurantowners does not: - If a majority of your contributions to reddit constitute self-promotion, or you submit promotional material with a fresh account, you will be banned. - After polling the community, FOR SALE posts are allowed for individual restaurants and restaurant equipment ONLY. Multiple posts for the same listing will be deleted and the user may be banned on a per case basis. PLEASE POST FOR SALE RESPONSIBLY. - No data collection for business services, app ideas, products, market research, or similar.
Surveys and data collection are obnoxious and prohibited. - No unauthorized polls, surveys, or giveaways.
Links to polls or surveys for whatever whatever reason are prohibited. - No affiliate or referral links.
No affiliate or referral links. You shouldn't be gaining anything from links posted. - Keep it civil. Hateful comments or trolling will result in a ban.
- Please search for your question before submitting a new thread.
- No bots.
- Ban Evasion
You've been detected by Reddit for using an alternate account to circumvent a ban. - NO POLITICS WHATSOEVER
if you have a specific piece of legislation that DIRECTLY impacts restaurants or ownership please feel free to discuss. If you start crying about your favorite political party, how much you hate a past, current or future politician, or in general post about politics at all- you will be permanently banned. Zero tolerance.
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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