r/ArtificialInteligence rules, stats, and what to post

This community calls itself the high-signal hub for artificial intelligence. The rules spell out what that means in practice. Every post should teach something, share something new, or spark substantive discussion. The people posting here are AI builders, researchers, and people following the field closely, and the flairs show the range, from News and Research to Project/Build, Tutorial/Guide, and Industry/Career. Builders are explicitly welcome, but only with substance. The community wants posts that add signal, not posts that repeat what everyone already saw this week.

The rule that decides everything for a founder is “No Spam · Builders Welcome with Substance”. It says a post must provide standalone educational or technical value that exists independently of any linked project, and that posts used for lead generation, waitlists, or repetitive self-promotion get a permanent ban. “High-Signal Content Only” is the second gate, because it removes low-effort hot takes, vague thoughts on X posts, and screenshots of AI conversations with no analysis. “News Posts Need Context” matters if you share a link, since you must add a top-level comment within 30 minutes with a short summary and why it matters. “No Repetitive Doom or Hype” applies to marketing-adjacent posts too, so a generic hype piece about your category will not survive. “Use Correct Flair” is easy to forget and unflaired posts are removed after 30 minutes. “Title Standards” decides whether your title even gets read, and it bans clickbait and vague titles. “No Tool Requests” matters if your instinct is to ask the sub for recommendations, because those posts are removed with a redirect.

Post something that teaches on its own, with or without your link. A tutorial or guide that walks people through a real technique fits the Tutorial/Guide flair. A build writeup with what you learned, what broke, and what the data showed fits Project/Build, and the rules explicitly welcome builders with substance. An analysis with specific numbers or first-person industry experience fits the standards in “No Repetitive Doom or Hype”. Write a specific title under 120 characters that leads with the signal, like a key finding or a concrete result. Flair it before or right after submitting. If you share a news link, add a top-level comment within 30 minutes with a two to three sentence summary and why it matters to the AI community. If you share a research paper, put a clear abstract in the title and you are exempt from that comment requirement.

The fastest way out is a permanent ban, and “No Spam · Builders Welcome with Substance” says that is what you get for lead generation, waitlists, or repetitive self-promotion. A post that only works when people click your link gets deleted. Low-effort hot takes, vague question posts, and unanalyzed AI chat screenshots get removed without warning under “High-Signal Content Only”. Generic doom or hype takes, rehashing topics from the last 30 days with no new data, and pure emotional venting are out under “No Repetitive Doom or Hype”. Tool recommendation requests are removed under “No Tool Requests”. Link posts without a summary comment within 30 minutes are removed under “News Posts Need Context”. Unflaired posts are removed after 30 minutes under “Use Correct Flair”. Clickbait, all caps, and vague titles fail “Title Standards”. And personal attacks get you permanently banned under “Be Civil”.

The 30 minute window for a summary comment is the strictest link policy I have seen written this plainly, and it tells you the moderators here would rather lose a post than host a link dump. I also like that the hype ban cuts both ways, so cheerleading gets the same treatment as doom posting. No top posts were observed for this community when I wrote this, so treat the rules, not the trends, as your map.