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Can you promote on r/UIUC?
Allowed, with limits Its rules allow sharing your own work, with conditions they spell out.
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This subreddit is for anything related to UIUC. Students, alumni, faculty, staff, and community members are all welcome. Since there isn’t a major regional subreddit, this community also covers a lot of Champaign-Urbana topics. This subreddit is not sponsored, affiliated with, or endorsed by the University of Illinois or any other campus organization.
What its rules say about promotion
Sales, ads, voting, etc.
You're free to beg for facebook votes, advertise your UIUC-related web service, etc. Except: * No Throwaways: Do it from your main account, one with history on /r/UIUC. * No SPAM: You may never, ever post an ad for the same thing twice. If you feel the need to, message the moderators and ask permission. * Details: All the required details of your post must be included. The moderators can and will remove your post (and inform you) for being way to vague.
Illegal activities
Members of the police read this subreddit and readers may take it upon themselves to report things to them. Please, don't get in trouble. * Don't buy/sell drugs on this subreddit. * Don't post asking for someone of age to buy you alcohol. * You're free to discuss things like visiting the steam tunnels or accessing the roofs of buildings on campus. But please remember that the University takes these things *very seriously* and you can get in a lot of trouble if they figure out who you are.
What its rules say about AI and bots
AI-generated content
AI-generated content, including posts, posters, and infographics, is not prohibited. However, if the moderators or community believe something was directly prompted without meaningful human supervision or input, it may be removed.
All 8 rules of r/UIUC
- Purpose of the subreddit
This subreddit is primarily for any topic of interest to students, staff, faculty, alumni, etc of UIUC. Additionally, anything related to Urbana or Champaign is welcome. - Sales, ads, voting, etc.
You're free to beg for facebook votes, advertise your UIUC-related web service, etc. Except: * No Throwaways: Do it from your main account, one with history on /r/UIUC. * No SPAM: You may never, ever post an ad for the same thing twice. If you feel the need to, message the moderators and ask permission. * Details: All the required details of your post must be included. The moderators can and will remove your post (and inform you) for being way to vague. - Personal information
* University employees’ full names are allowed when directly related to their work. * Share contact information via PM. * Do not post someone else’s personal information, even if they posted it publicly. * This includes links to personal social media accounts (Facebook, Instagram, etc.). - Illegal activities
Members of the police read this subreddit and readers may take it upon themselves to report things to them. Please, don't get in trouble. * Don't buy/sell drugs on this subreddit. * Don't post asking for someone of age to buy you alcohol. * You're free to discuss things like visiting the steam tunnels or accessing the roofs of buildings on campus. But please remember that the University takes these things *very seriously* and you can get in a lot of trouble if they figure out who you are. - Trolling, excessive profanity, etc.
The community is expected to police these comments with downvotes, but if required, the moderators might intervene. There will be less leniency for submissions. - False Or Misleading Information
False or misleading information will be removed. Repeatedly posting false or misleading information will result in a ban. - Moderation philosophy
The moderators try their best to be 'hands-off' and let the subreddit govern itself. - AI-generated content
AI-generated content, including posts, posters, and infographics, is not prohibited. However, if the moderators or community believe something was directly prompted without meaningful human supervision or input, it may be removed.
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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