Can you self-promote on r/programminghumor?

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

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 2026-09-26 from the community's own rules.

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Can you promote on r/programminghumor?

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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What its rules say about AI and bots

No AI-generated posts or comments unless declared
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All 7 rules of r/programminghumor

Keep it programming-related & Be kind
Memes about OS:s Linux distros, computer hardware. Memes about software when they are not related to programming for example: "Internet Explorer is slow".
No reposts
You've all seen the state of r/ProgrammerHumor. We don't want this subreddit to turn into a cemetery of stolen memes.
No links
Posts must be meme images, jokes or videos. No links to other websites (this includes YouTube-videos)
No "X language bad Y language good" memes
Haha, this one language does not have this feature that the other language does. Very funny.
Reaction images must be relevant to text.
No more images of cats with programming captions. That is very low-effort.
Posts can not be puns
Who thinks "programmer would be fat if they went to snackoverflow instead of stackoverflow" is even remotely funny? Seriously. It's not.
No AI-generated posts or comments unless declared
If your post/comment has been generated with ChatGPT or other AI, please declare so and the reason why. Examples of valid reasons include: If English is not your first language, to summarise an otherwise-lengthy post, or to make a contextual example when discussing AI.

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Unpublished minimums.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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