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Can you promote on r/Techno?

Self-promotion restricted Its rules restrict self-promotion. Posts that promote your own work are likely to be removed.

This is a community about Techno, a form of electronic dance music that emerged from Detroit during the mid-to-late 1980s.

What its rules say about promotion

Only Techno
We only accept Techno music and it's affiliates: Acid techno, Dub Techno, Minimal, Industrial Techno, ... Don't forget each of them have their specific subs too.
No spamming
Self-promotion is generally frowned upon, but if you run a website, publication, blog, app or other project and would like to participate on /r/Techno, first make sure that you're following all of these guidelines: * [reddiquette](https://www.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/205926439) * [FAQs](https://www.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/categories/200073949-Reddit-101) * [What's spam](https://www.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/360043504051-What-constitutes-spam-Am-I-a-spammer-).
No track feedback requests.
Feedback requests for your own production work should go in a production oriented sub like /r/TechnoProduction - please make sure you use one of the scheduled feedback threads.
No Ticket Sales/Exchanges
/r/Techno is not an appropriate venue for buying/selling event tickets. Please use a local group, or a website that is designed to facilitate ticket exchanges.
All 15 rules of r/Techno
  1. Only Techno
    We only accept Techno music and it's affiliates: Acid techno, Dub Techno, Minimal, Industrial Techno, ... Don't forget each of them have their specific subs too.
  2. Use the correct Format
    Use this format for posting music: **Artist - Track/Set name** [Catalog# / Subgenre]* (Year)* ^*optional **Do not** USE ALLCAPS or put needless info in the title like "Official Video", [Techno], your opinion, (new), emojis, ... Do not post links in the body of a text post. If you need to give more information you can do so in a comment.
  3. No recent reposts
    No reposts of songs submitted in the last 6 months to 1 year, depending on the songs popularity. Use the search function and/or check r/Techno/new/
  4. No spamming
    Self-promotion is generally frowned upon, but if you run a website, publication, blog, app or other project and would like to participate on /r/Techno, first make sure that you're following all of these guidelines: * [reddiquette](https://www.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/205926439) * [FAQs](https://www.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/categories/200073949-Reddit-101) * [What's spam](https://www.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/360043504051-What-constitutes-spam-Am-I-a-spammer-).
  5. Submit your playlist to our monthly thread on the 1st day of the month.
    Do not post playlists. Please share them in the our monthly playlist thread on the 1st of every month. We have a weekly updated list of the top posts from r/Techno: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5gex4eBgWH9nieoVuV8hDC
  6. No memes
    No memes
  7. Please make your track ID requests in our weekly Track ID Tuesdays thread.
    You can also try posting it to /r/tipofmytongue and/or r/IdentifyThisTrack
  8. No low effort posts
    Posts asking about techno scenes, parties, DJs etc. with no effort put in will be removed. Show us you at least did some work yourself by adding links and other research. Short videos you recorded at a festival, club or any other kind of live event are not allowed either.
  9. Hardware jams are not allowed. Live shows are acceptable if they follow the formatting guidelines.
    Hardware jams are not allowed. Live shows are acceptable. Please follow the formatting guidelines. **Artist** - **Location** - **(Date)**
  10. No track feedback requests.
    Feedback requests for your own production work should go in a production oriented sub like /r/TechnoProduction - please make sure you use one of the scheduled feedback threads.
  11. No Ticket Sales/Exchanges
    /r/Techno is not an appropriate venue for buying/selling event tickets. Please use a local group, or a website that is designed to facilitate ticket exchanges.
  12. No Cell Phone Videos
    Cell phone videos are not allowed. Please respect the privacy of the individuals who attend shows.
  13. Event/region specific posts to go to /r/technoevents
    Posts relating to specific events or regions should go in /r/technoevents unless there is a specific megathread for that event in the subreddit.
  14. No A.I. Generated Content
    A.I. generated content is considered spam and low effort and you will receive a temporary or permanent ban.
  15. Techno production related
    Questions and topics about techno music production would be better suited to r/TechnoProduction

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