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Can you promote on r/waterloo?
Self-promotion restricted Its rules restrict self-promotion. Posts that promote your own work are likely to be removed.
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Welcome to r/Waterloo, the subreddit for the Regional Municipality of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada. Waterloo Region includes the cities of Cambridge, Kitchener and Waterloo, as well as the townships of North Dumfries, Wellesley, Wilmot and Woolwich.
What its rules say about promotion
No Advertisements, Job Recruiting, or Research Surveys
Posts of these types fall under Spam and will be removed. Feel free to use Reddit's advertising interfaces if you want to post an ad. In some cases this may also include posting surveys and fundraisers. If there is a question about your post - reach out to the moderators before posting.
What its rules say about AI and bots
Use of Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) must be declared within post.
Use of Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) must be declared, either in title, or the first line of text in a post. Moderators may and will take action in good faith regardless of compliance with this rule, and adjust rule if/as appropriate. Published content (and links to) without an actual living author/creator credited can and will be removed as well. See announcement here: https://www.reddit.com/r/waterloo/comments/1gnogpv/mod_announcement_new_rule_that_use_of_artificial/
All 8 rules of r/waterloo
- Content must be relevant to Waterloo Region (ON)
Post not relevant to Waterloo Region, or is clearly intended for r/uwaterloo - Be Respectful
Be respectful. Racism, sexism, homophobia, religious intolerance, and similar discrimination will not be tolerated. Personal attacks against other users are not permitted. - No Duplicate Posts
Duplication of an existing post with no significant new information. - No Advertisements, Job Recruiting, or Research Surveys
Posts of these types fall under Spam and will be removed. Feel free to use Reddit's advertising interfaces if you want to post an ad. In some cases this may also include posting surveys and fundraisers. If there is a question about your post - reach out to the moderators before posting. - Community reported posts will be removed
The Automoderator has been enabled to remove posts that are reported or fall afoul of other reddit rules. It will remove posts automatically and notify the moderators and poster as it does so. Moderators will review all such posts - feel free to reach out if your post was removed and you wish to add additional context before the moderator reviews it. - Not a good-faith argument
Discuss in good faith. Brigading, trolling, conspiracy theory, intentional abuse of logical fallacies, etc., will not be tolerated. - Use of Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) must be declared within post.
Use of Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) must be declared, either in title, or the first line of text in a post. Moderators may and will take action in good faith regardless of compliance with this rule, and adjust rule if/as appropriate. Published content (and links to) without an actual living author/creator credited can and will be removed as well. See announcement here: https://www.reddit.com/r/waterloo/comments/1gnogpv/mod_announcement_new_rule_that_use_of_artificial/ - X/Twitter, Facebook/Meta links are banned
Automatic moderation is set to reject posts containing banned links. More information in this pinned post: https://www.reddit.com/r/waterloo/comments/1i7mxp9/xtwitter_and_facebook_links_are_now_banned_at/
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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