Can you self-promote on r/sysadmin?

Allowed, with limits. Its rules allow sharing your own work, with conditions they spell out. Read 2026-09-26 from the community's own rules.

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Can you promote on r/sysadmin?

Allowed, with limits Its rules allow sharing your own work, with conditions they spell out.

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/sysadmin'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/sysadmin's current rules on Reddit always win over this page.

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A reddit dedicated to the profession of Computer System Administration.

What its rules say about promotion

Advertising
* The reddit advertising system exists for this purpose. Invest in either a promoted post, or sidebar ad space. * Vendors are free to discuss their product in the context of an existing discussion. * Posting articles from ones own blog is considered a product. * As always, users must disclose any affiliation with a product. * Content creators should refrain from directing this community to their own content.

What its rules say about AI and bots

Low Quality
* Avoid low-quality posts. Make an effort to enrich the community where you can- provide details, context, opinions, etc. in your posts. * Moronic Monday & Thickheaded Thursday are available for simple questions, or other requests that don't need their own full thread. Utilize them as much as possible. * No GPT/LLM created content. This is a user community of professionals. Don't rely on AI to do your thinking for you

All 5 rules of r/sysadmin

Account Age
* Your account must be 24 hours old in order to post to this subreddit. * Please use your main account to post or comment, or wait 24 hours and resubmit. If the issue is urgent, feel free to message the moderation team.
Professionalism
* Please treat community members politely - even when you disagree. * No personal attacks - debate issues, challenge sources - but don't make or take things personally. * No posts that are entirely memes or AdviceAnimals or Kitty GIFs. * Please try to keep politically & religiously charged messages out of discussions. * Intentionally trolling is considered impolite, & will be acted against. * The acts of Software Piracy, Hardware Theft, & Cheating are considered unprofessional.
Advertising
* The reddit advertising system exists for this purpose. Invest in either a promoted post, or sidebar ad space. * Vendors are free to discuss their product in the context of an existing discussion. * Posting articles from ones own blog is considered a product. * As always, users must disclose any affiliation with a product. * Content creators should refrain from directing this community to their own content.
Wrong Community
* There are many reddit communities that exist that may be more catered to/dedicated your topic. * Requests for assistance are expected to contain basic situational information. - They should also contain evidence of basic troubleshooting & Googling for self-help. - Keep topics/questions related to technology/people/practices/etc within a business environment. * When asking a question or requesting advice, please update your original post with any new information, or solution (if found).
Low Quality
* Avoid low-quality posts. Make an effort to enrich the community where you can- provide details, context, opinions, etc. in your posts. * Moronic Monday & Thickheaded Thursday are available for simple questions, or other requests that don't need their own full thread. Utilize them as much as possible. * No GPT/LLM created content. This is a user community of professionals. Don't rely on AI to do your thinking for you

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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