r/SaaS posting rules

Posting signals

r/SaaS rules (11)

1. 1

   Submission Guidelines

   Follow the Reddit site-wide rules and please treat others with respect, stay on-topic, and avoid non-productive self-promotion.

2. 2

   Posting SaaS Relevant Content Only

   Please keep the discussions oriented around the SaaS ecosystem, tech companies, business, operational or even personal aspects of the tech business world. - __Strict Focus:__ Content must touch on SaaS-specific topics. - __No Generic Business:__ General entrepreneurship or broad news without a SaaS angle will be removed. - __Enforcement:__ Irrelevant content will be removed to keep the sub relevant for SaaS professionals. - __Violation:__ Repeated infringement warrants a ban

3. 3

   No Vendor Spam

   Promotion is allowed occasionally, but accounts focused solely on it will be removed. - __Limit:__ Max 1 mention every 60 days (posts, comments or links). - __Transparency:__ Must clearly disclose affiliation at the beginning or end of the post or comment (e.g., "Founder here") - __Alts:__ Secondary accounts promoting the same product count toward the limit. - __Value:__ Content must provide context and value, "naked" links are spam. - __Penalty:__ Violation leads to a ban and URL blacklisting.

4. 4

   No Low-Effort / Low-Quality Content

   - **Posts and comments must provide actual value:** Content that is spammy, repetitive, or lacks depth will be removed. - **Originality is required:** All posts must showcase original human thought, clear context, and meaningful contribution to the SaaS community. - **Prohibited content includes (but is not limited to):** AI-generated text (even if you "made all the effort" to copy-paste it yourself), unedited prompt dumps, and vague questions that could be answered by a basic search.

5. 5

   No selling, soliciting, or fundraising

   This community is for knowledge exchange, not a marketplace, posts or comments focused on selling services, soliciting clients, or asking for donations/funding are not allowed. - __No Solicitation:__ Do not post or comment to sell services, "cold DM" members, or solicit clients. - __No Fundraising:__ Asking for donations, crowdfunding, or pitching for VC/Angel investment is prohibited. - __No Lead Gen:__ Posts designed purely to gather emails or "testers" without community value will be removed

6. 6

   AMA / Surveys / Polls require approval

   All research-related posts must be vetted by moderators before being posted. - __What's Included:__ Academic surveys, market research, vendor polls, and "product validation" forms - __How to apply:__ Message the mods via Modmail with a link to your survey and a brief explanation of why it’s valuable to the SaaS community - __Excluded:__ "Validation" posts that are meant for lead generation or email harvesting will be rejected - __Enforcement:__ Polls without "Mod Approved" flair will be removed.

7. 7

   No obfuscated, shortened or indirect URLs

   All links must point directly to the final resource because indirect URLs are prone to breaking or being hijacked later. Transparency and security are mandatory. - __Disguised or obfuscated links:__ Lead to a direct ban for rule evasion - __Direct Links Only:__ Use the original, full URL. Do not use URL shorteners or landing page aggregators - __No Tracking/Affiliates:__ Clean links only - __Enforcement:__ Posts or comments containing shortened or indirect links will be automatically removed

8. 8

   No Personal Information (Doxing)

   This follows a site-wide rule, strict adherence to Reddit’s Content Policy is required. - __Zero Tolerance:__ Do not post real names, emails, phone numbers, or private social media profiles (yours or others). - __Screenshots:__ Redact all identifying info from support tickets, emails, or chat logs before posting. - __Business vs. Personal:__ Mentioning a company is fine; targeting a specific employee is not. - __Penalty:__ Doxing results in an immediate permanent ban and report to Reddit admins.

9. 9

   Be excellent to eachother

   We value authenticity. Whether your tone is formal, professional, informal or sarcastic, it’s welcome as long as it’s respectful. - __No Toxicity:__ Personal attacks, insults, harassment, or "flame wars" are strictly prohibited. - __Constructive Criticism:__ Feedback on SaaS projects should be helpful, not destructive. - __Hate Speech:__ Any form of discrimination results in an immediate permanent ban. - __Enforcement:__ Toxic behavior will lead to removal and bans.

10. 10

    No " I'll review/audit/feedback/test/roast your product " posts

    Posts or comments offering free reviews, audits, roasts, or feedback on others' products/websites/pitches are prohibited, regardless of price or stated intent. - __No self-promotion:__ These posts function as personal branding for entrepreneurs, consultants, agencies and freelancers and we want to prevent the sub from becoming a feed of "free" offers that are effectively ads. - __How to Help:__ We value help in context. If you want to share with the community, do so in existing comment threads.

11. 11

    No Promotional or Advertising SaaS

    r/SaaS does not allow promotion, recommendation, launch announcements, feedback requests, recruiting, or user acquisition for SaaS products made for advertising, promotional outreach, lead/opportunity detection, or ad/content generation. - __What's Included:__ Tools that generate, suggest, schedule, automate, or coordinate promotional posts, comments, DMs, replies, or campaigns on Reddit or other platforms. - __Penalty:__ Violation may result in a permanent ban, tool name and URL blacklisting.