Can you self-promote on r/smarthome?

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

Self-promotion restricted. Its rules restrict self-promotion. Posts that promote your own work are likely to be removed. Read 2026-09-26 from the community's own rules.

Reddit rules index · read 2026-09-26

Can you promote on r/smarthome?

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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This page quotes r/smarthome's rules as ThreadFox read them on 2026-09-26. The quoted text is the community's; the verdict above is our reading of it. Conditions often decide whether a post fits (a required thread, flair, posting day, account age or karma), and r/smarthome's current rules on Reddit always win over this page.

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This is the place for all your smart home product. This subreddit topics about a wide variety of smart home products and IoT's. Find help, tips, tricks and advice from our users!

What its rules say about promotion

Citing Sources/Products Used
Posts that review a Smart Home product or service should include links to said product or service. Readers should be able to easily verify your research whether it be price or the specs of the product. Affiliate links must not be used.

No Referral Links
Please do not posts referral links in comments or posts, nor link to them via blogs or other media. This sub is not a mechanism for promoting your product. In order to facilitate discussion and keep this an open and welcoming place, we do not allow affiliate links of discounts codes. This includes but is not limited to, linking to blogs, mass posting discount codes, sharing a personal affiliate link, bombarding posts with specific links, and/or soliciting users to check your profile.

What its rules say about AI and bots

No AI generated posts or comments
Low effort AI generated posts and/or obviously copy/pasted responses from Chat GPT etc will be removed. Repeated violations will result in a permanent ban.

All 7 rules of r/smarthome

Must be Smart Home related
Posts must be a question, review, or story related to Smart Home products. Please don't mistake this for a smartphone sub.
Citing Sources/Products Used
Posts that review a Smart Home product or service should include links to said product or service. Readers should be able to easily verify your research whether it be price or the specs of the product. Affiliate links must not be used.
No Abusive Behavior
If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all! Abusive language, insulting others' opinions or knowledge of subject matter, and other hostile behaviour will not be tolerated. Keep it civil and be polite! Don't be a dick.
No Referral Links
Please do not posts referral links in comments or posts, nor link to them via blogs or other media. This sub is not a mechanism for promoting your product. In order to facilitate discussion and keep this an open and welcoming place, we do not allow affiliate links of discounts codes. This includes but is not limited to, linking to blogs, mass posting discount codes, sharing a personal affiliate link, bombarding posts with specific links, and/or soliciting users to check your profile.
No AI generated posts or comments
Low effort AI generated posts and/or obviously copy/pasted responses from Chat GPT etc will be removed. Repeated violations will result in a permanent ban.
Duplicate post
This post or topic has already been submitted recently, removed as a duplicate.
Other - Mod Discretion
Content can be removed at any time at the discretion of the moderators.

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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