Breaching Reddit TOS?

[Heatman]

A friend of mine told me about how he has been trying to market and promote on reddit but he keeps hitting a roadblock with his account being banned or suspended over a period of time. He usually embed his promotional links in his posts or comments but every now and then, his account gets banned.

Is anyone else having the same issue when using Reddit to market and promote?

 

[Darth Cognus]

I don't know about platform wide hits but I do know local communities don't generally appreciate people showing up specifically to advertise something unless it's clearly solicited, explicitly allowed or a relevant reference while doing something 'normal', ie, linking a contextual article/discussion and what have you while offering something straight up.

 

[Dead2009]

Its probably due to those subreddits not allowing promotion unless you either ask or it's allowed.

 

[cpvr]

The subreddit moderators are likely not allowing the use of links. I’ve had my links removed on some subreddits, but there are others where I have no issues. Each subreddit has its own rules, usually located at the top under the 'see more' tab.

Additionally, some subreddits may have a 'pinned' post that displays the rules.

 

[Nomad]

Reddit is not a platform where you go and then drop your links. They do not like your post if they are too promotional. If you want to promote, first of all you need to build reputation. I learned this from my own experience. I did not get banned, though.

 

[Henrywrites]

The subreddit moderators are likely not allowing the use of links. I’ve had my links removed on some subreddits, but there are others where I have no issues. Each subreddit has its own rules, usually located at the top under the 'see more' tab.

Additionally, some subreddits may have a 'pinned' post that displays the rules.

You are right and it is for this reason that anyone who is looking to post on Reddit should read the rules of each subReddit that they are posting on to ensure that they stick with the rules of each of them.

 

[Heatman]

I don't know about platform wide hits but I do know local communities don't generally appreciate people showing up specifically to advertise something unless it's clearly solicited, explicitly allowed or a relevant reference while doing something 'normal', ie, linking a contextual article/discussion and what have you while offering something straight up.

Thank you for the input. It might be as a result of how he makes use of those links which I'm not sure but I'll definitely ask him to find out for certain. If its something that warrant asking for permission before posting them, then he would have to do that from now onwards.