Reddit rules index · read 2026-10-05
Can you promote on r/WhatShouldIDo?
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
No selling.
No solicitation or selling on this subreddit.
All 12 rules of r/WhatShouldIDo
- Unqualified advice
Do not provide advice in situations of matters such as medical advice, serious legal matters and so on. Do NOT suggest options for treatment or diagnose, but simply provide avenues to get properly treated or reach out to someone who can help your case. - Qualifications and credentials
If you are someone who is qualified to provide advice in a certain field (Doctor, Lawyer), please contact the mods with proof of some sort to receive a "Certified Expert" tag to help out some of our users. - Do not provide unhelpful advice
Many people are in situations where advice needed is serious. Most top level comments should be pertaining to the topic. - Flair your posts when solved
- No threatening violence, discrimination, or victim shaming
- If you believe a post is fake or lying, report it and move on
- Only two posts a day per user
To reduce spam, only two posts a day are allowed per user. - No suicide or self harm posts, no gore / pornography / shitposts
- No doxxing / No exposing personal information
No sharing personal information i.e Phone numbers, addresses, full names, or even social media handles. - No insulting / name calling / or excessive use of negative language
- No selling.
No solicitation or selling on this subreddit. - No posts that break Reddit’s TOS
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- Unpublished minimums.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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