Subreddit rules check
r/business
Can you promote here?
The rules prohibit promoting your own product here. You can still be genuinely useful in comments (which builds the account standing every other community checks), but any promotional post or link is likely to be removed and can earn a community ban.
From the rules · You must have no connection to linked articles/sites — self-promotion or linking to your own product/site will be removed and can get you banned.
Links
Links are prohibited in posts or comments. Name things in plain text; interested readers will search.
What this community rewards
Dominant post formats: news, discussion, data
Post a short, factual news-style headline (Company X — event) in neutral/third‑person voice; submit a link to a reputable article and keep your own text minimal. Typical length: one-line title + link; tone: business-casual, informative (sometimes lightly snarky). What gets upvoted: timely company news, earnings, layoffs, exec moves, market/industry impacts. What gets removed: any promotion of your business, links to your site, surveys or blogspam.
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/business'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.