Can you self-promote on r/java?

Q: Can you self-promote on r/java?

No rule mentions promotion. None of its rules mentions self-promotion. That is not permission: read every rule, say plainly that it's yours, and make the post useful on its own. Read 2026-10-06 from the community's own rules.

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Can you promote on r/java?

No rule mentions promotion None of its rules mentions self-promotion. That is not permission: read every rule, say plainly that it's yours, and make the post useful on its own.

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News, Technical discussions, research papers and assorted things of interest related to the Java programming language NO programming help, NO learning Java related questions, NO installing or downloading Java questions, NO JVM languages - Exclusively Java

What its rules say about AI and bots

No AI
This is an AI free zone. 100% AI free. We explicitly forbid **any form** of AI generated/worked over content, or AI supported or vibe coded programs. Any violation results in an instant, permanent, and irrevocable ban without prior warning.

All 9 rules of r/java

No Programming help
/r/Java is for News, Technical discussions, research papers and assorted things of interest related to the Java programming language, not for help with Java programming. Such "help with programming" posts should go to /r/javahelp.
No Trolling
We all like some good discussions, but a few topics have gotten stale. Please refrain from complaining about certain Java features (or lack thereof) or extoling other, possibly superior languages. We get it – yours is bigger than ours (language, that is).
No Jokes / Memes
Not that I don't have humor, or that I can't have a good laugh, but most of the "jokes" that had been posted here were extremely stale and absolutely unfunny.
No Tutorials
Tutorials should not be posted here, they should go in **/r/learnjava** instead.
No Surveys
We do not allow surveys.
No Job offers
/r/Java is not a job market. We do not allow job offers.
No Piracy
We do not allow asking for or offering pirated material.
No Political Discussions
/r/Java is a *technical subreddit*. Leave political discussions out of technical discussions. If you want to discuss politics, go somewhere else. Political comments will be removed and the poster will be banned.
No AI
This is an AI free zone. 100% AI free. We explicitly forbid **any form** of AI generated/worked over content, or AI supported or vibe coded programs. Any violation results in an instant, permanent, and irrevocable ban without prior warning.

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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