Can you promote in r/startup?
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The short answer
Answer questions with helpful, non-promotional advice in self-posts; do not mention your product/company or include links or solicitations.
What works here
- participate in discussions with general advice
- answer questions using expertise without promoting
- post self-posts that are purely informational and relevant
What gets posts removed
- sharing product links, demos, or CTAs
- soliciting customers, leads, signups, or feedback
- posting promotional content or obvious self-promotion
Where this comes from
No spam or self-promotion
Sidebar explicitly forbids spam, self-promotion and solicitations of any kind, which prohibits vendor pitches or lead generation.
Self posts only
Only self posts are allowed, which prevents linking to external product pages or landing pages.
Relevance requirement
Posts must be relevant to the community, so promotional content framed as irrelevant is especially disallowed.
Official rules of r/startup
- 01Posts must be relevant
- 02No spam. No Solicitations
- 03Self posts only (Enforced)
Based on the community’s official rules, analyzed June 2026. Rules change; the community itself is always the source of truth.
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