Subreddit rules check
r/askengineers
Can you promote here?
Promotion is allowed only with moderator permission (or inside designated threads). A short, honest modmail before posting costs two minutes and functions as a safe-conduct pass; skipping it is the most common avoidable removal.
From the rules · Flair is required; career questions should go in the Monday Career Megathread; no homework or low‑effort posts—ask moderators before posting promotions.
Links
No explicit link policy. Default to no URL: link-plus-young-account is one of the most common automated removal patterns on Reddit.
What this community rewards
Dominant post formats: question, discussion, guide
Headline must be a clear engineering question (e.g., “How do I size a shock absorber for X?”). Ask in first person for project/career queries, include concrete specs, numbers or diagrams. Post length: concise title + focused body (~200–800 words) with sources. Tone: technical, evidence‑based. Upvoted: specific, well‑explained engineering questions/answers; Removed: vague polls, homework, one‑liners, off‑topic career posts or obvious ads.
Arriving in the local format matters: cross-posting the same text everywhere reads as tourist instantly. The wider method is in the Reddit playbook.
Classified mechanically from the community's published rules and recent top posts, last checked July 2026. Rules change and moderators have the final say: verify at r/askengineers's rules page before posting anything that matters.
Thread Otter checks this before every send
These profiles power the product: promo-banned communities never receive a promotional draft, drafts arrive in the local format, and a fact-check gate plus human pacing protect the account doing the talking.