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Can you promote on r/AppIdeas?

Self-promotion restricted Its rules restrict self-promotion. Posts that promote your own work are likely to be removed.

AI-generated content not allowed Its rules remove some or all AI-generated posts, comments or media. Write it yourself here, or pick another community. Other communities' AI rules.

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Welcome! This subreddit is designed to be a professional environment where developers, entrepreneurs, and creators can come together to share their amazing app ideas. Please take a moment to look over our rules before posting.

What its rules say about promotion

Posts must be App Ideas
This subreddit is for posting app ideas. It doesn't have to be a fully formed idea, and the goal could be, for example, to share it, give it away, refine it through feedback, or look for people interested in discussing developing it, but there must be some defined app idea that the post is centrally about. The post can be about an idea you're working on developing, as long as it doesn't cross into self-promotion.
No Self-Promotion or Advertisements
This subreddit is not for sharing completed projects or for advertising an existing or upcoming project. Posts that contain links to apps on app stores, invite people to join mailing lists for projects, or are otherwise promoting or advertising an existing or upcoming app will be removed. Note: If you use this subreddit to distribute or promote sideloaded apps (e.g. APK files for Android phones), in addition to your post being removed you will be banned.

What its rules say about AI and bots

No Low-Effort AI Content
The goal of this subreddit is to facilitate human creativity. Ideas that centrally revolve around low-effort wrappers of LLM APIs will be removed. Additionally, posts and comments that strongly appear to be AI generated without any actual effort put into them will also likely be removed.
All 6 rules of r/AppIdeas
  1. Posts must be App Ideas
    This subreddit is for posting app ideas. It doesn't have to be a fully formed idea, and the goal could be, for example, to share it, give it away, refine it through feedback, or look for people interested in discussing developing it, but there must be some defined app idea that the post is centrally about. The post can be about an idea you're working on developing, as long as it doesn't cross into self-promotion.
  2. No Self-Promotion or Advertisements
    This subreddit is not for sharing completed projects or for advertising an existing or upcoming project. Posts that contain links to apps on app stores, invite people to join mailing lists for projects, or are otherwise promoting or advertising an existing or upcoming app will be removed. Note: If you use this subreddit to distribute or promote sideloaded apps (e.g. APK files for Android phones), in addition to your post being removed you will be banned.
  3. Always be Civil
    Discussion may be critical of ideas posted, and there may be good-faith discussion about any disagreements, but always keep it civil.
  4. No Low-Effort AI Content
    The goal of this subreddit is to facilitate human creativity. Ideas that centrally revolve around low-effort wrappers of LLM APIs will be removed. Additionally, posts and comments that strongly appear to be AI generated without any actual effort put into them will also likely be removed.
  5. Mod Discretion
    It may be necessary to remove content that isn't explicitly covered by one of these rules or which falls into a grey area.
  6. 6. Automod
    To prevent spam, only the accounts older than a month and above 50 of karma can post in our community. If not in those requirements, your post will be automatically removed. Thanks for your understanding

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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