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r/AICompanions rules, stats, and what to post

A source-backed Rankhog guide to r/AICompanions: public rules, community context, posting fit, and startup-promotion risk before you publish.

Members
17,972
Community age
Created Jun 2022, 4 years
To post
No minimum in the rules
To comment
No minimum in the rules
Self-promotion
Not mentioned in the rules
Links
Not mentioned in the rules
Promo risk
MediumFrom the rules, not from removal counts

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Rule summary

  • Safe space for OPs: Let OP feel and believe as they wish. Engage in good faith.
  • No NSWF content: No NSWF content

Works well

  • A sincere question asking people how they actually use their AI companion day to day, with no pitch attached
  • A short write up of a pattern you noticed while building in this space, framed as something you learned rather than something you are selling
  • A comment that answers someone's question honestly and helpfully, even when the honest answer does not involve your product
  • A post sharing a mistake you made designing for AI companions and what you changed because of it
  • A discussion starter about how people balance AI conversations with human ones, asked with genuine curiosity and zero judgment

Avoid

  • Attacking someone else in the comments because you disagree with how they feel about their AI companion
  • Dunking on the whole idea of AI companionship, because that reads as bad faith engagement with OPs
  • Posting anything with sexual or adult content, even framed as a joke or a product demo
  • Building a marketing post around flirty or suggestive examples of your AI product in action
  • Treating a thread as an opening to argue people out of their beliefs rather than hear them out

What r/AICompanions Is For

This is a community where humans talk about AI companions like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude. The description tells you the topic, but the rules tell you the real character of the place. Rule one calls this a safe space for original posters, which means people come here to share how they think and feel about their AI companions, and the community protects that. These are not just people comparing model benchmarks. Some of them have real relationships with these tools and want a place where nobody mocks them for it. If you post here, understand that you are joining a conversation about companionship, not a forum for debating whether AI companions are a good idea.

Rules That Matter Before Posting

There are two rules here and both decide whether your post survives. The first is “Safe space for OPs”, which says to let the original poster feel and believe as they wish and to engage in good faith. For a founder, this is the big one, because marketing posts often get framed as challenges to what people believe. If your post talks down to people about their AI companions, or argues with them about what they should feel, you are breaking the spirit of that rule even if your words are polite. The second rule is “No NSWF content”, spelled that way in the rules themselves, which bans any not safe for work content. The moderator one liner confirms they remove posts that attack other users or contain NSFW content. So the survival test here is simple, be kind and keep it clean.

What To Post

A good post here starts from respect for the people, not the product. If you build in this space, the strongest move is to share something that helps the community talk about their companions, like an honest observation from your work, a question asking how people use their companions day to day, or a lesson you learned that treats users with dignity. Framing matters a lot. Ask and listen instead of announce. Keep everything strictly safe for work, because the rule leaves no room for edge cases. And when you reply to people in your own threads, engage in good faith, even when someone says something you disagree with. The rules protect the poster, not your pitch.

What To Avoid

Two things get posts removed here, and both come straight from the rules. First, attacking other users or dismissing what an original poster believes. The rule says to let OP feel and believe as they wish, so a post or comment that argues people out of their attachment, or mocks anyone, is at risk. Second, any NSFW content. The community is about AI companions, which is a topic where suggestive content could easily sneak in, and the rule makes clear it does not belong here. Beyond the letter of the rules, a hard sell is a bad fit, because a pitch rarely engages anyone in good faith. If your post would make an original poster feel judged or leered at, rewrite it or post somewhere else.

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Common questions about r/AICompanions

Can I link to my AI companion product in a post?

The rules do not say, so treat it as unknown. The safest path is to participate in discussions first and share your work only when it directly answers what someone asked.

Is AI generated content allowed here?

The rules do not ban AI content, and the community is literally about AI companions, so discussing the topic is fine. The content just has to stay safe for work and respectful.

Is there a minimum age or karma requirement to post?

The published rules only cover safe space for OPs and no NSFW content. Nothing states an age requirement, so you should check Reddit's own sitewide rules before assuming anything.

Can I post research or a survey about AI companionship?

Yes, if you can do it without NSFW material and without attacking anyone for how they feel about AI. Share what you learned about how people actually use companions, not a sales pitch.

What exactly counts as NSFW here?

The rules do not define it, but the moderator note says posts containing NSFW content get removed. Keep everything clean and you are on the safe side of the line.

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