Can you self-promote on r/uwaterloo?

Q: Can you self-promote on r/uwaterloo?

Self-promotion restricted. Its rules restrict self-promotion. Posts that promote your own work are likely to be removed. Read 2026-10-12 from the community's own rules.

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Can you promote on r/uwaterloo?

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

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What its rules say about promotion

Advertising
No buy/sell, job/volunteer listings, rent/sublet or other ads allowed. Instead, use [WaterlooWorks](https://uwaterloo.ca/hire/hire-waterloo), [Reddit Ads](https://www.reddit.com/advertising/), [Craigslist](http://kitchener.craigslist.ca/) or [Kijiji](http://www.kijiji.ca/h-kitchener-waterloo). [AMA posts](https://www.reddit.com/r/uwaterloo/wiki/ama) with the explicit permission of the mod team is allowed.

All 8 rules of r/uwaterloo

Personal Info
No personally identifiable information (PII) is allowed. This includes, but is not limited to: * Links to / screenshots of social media profiles * Calling out real names of other users and organizations * Screenshots that contain real names or contact information (e.g., LEARN, email) of organizations or individuals. Exceptions: * [AMA posts](https://www.reddit.com/r/uwaterloo/wiki/ama), where the user voluntarily reveals their identity, are allowed
Illegal Activities
No explicit sharing or insinuation of illegal information and activities, especially drug dealing, and also includes textbook sharing sites or printouts/screenshots of instructor-provided material. Example: asking for dealers, asking for copyrighted material, asking for course content.
Advertising
No buy/sell, job/volunteer listings, rent/sublet or other ads allowed. Instead, use [WaterlooWorks](https://uwaterloo.ca/hire/hire-waterloo), [Reddit Ads](https://www.reddit.com/advertising/), [Craigslist](http://kitchener.craigslist.ca/) or [Kijiji](http://www.kijiji.ca/h-kitchener-waterloo). [AMA posts](https://www.reddit.com/r/uwaterloo/wiki/ama) with the explicit permission of the mod team is allowed.
Flairing e.g. "Serious" flair
The use of the "Serious" flair is not to be abused. Posts that intentionally use the serious flair for non-serious topics will be removed, and repeated offenders banned. Similarly, users who comment disparaging or highly offensive non-serious material, or material that is in poor taste on posts with the "Serious" or "Advice" flair will be banned for at least 3 days from the subreddit.
English content
Majority of link or self-post content must be in English, including the title. Exception: it is okay to link to a foreign-language website as long as you are providing context in the comments.
NSFW Content
NSFW content, including pornography and gore, are not allowed and will be removed.
Moderator's Discretion
Posts and comments on this subreddit may be removed at moderator discretion.
Reddit Content Policy
Lastly, all posts and comments must abide by the [Reddit Content Policy] (https://www.redditinc.com/policies/content-policy) rules. Users who violate these rules will have their posts removed and repeated offenders may be banned.

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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