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r/AskNYC rules, stats, and what to post

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

Members
513K
Community age
Created Aug 2012, 14 years
To post
No minimum in the rules
To comment
No minimum in the rules
Self-promotion
Banned
Links
Not mentioned in the rules
Promo risk
HighFrom the rules, not from removal counts

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Rule summary

  • Not related in NYC: This is a sub for questions about NYC.
  • No lazy posts and no AI slop: Don't be lazy and post broad questions with no context, and no AI-generated slop.
  • No Moving to NYC: Posts about moving to NYC, including where to live, how much housing costs, comparing cities, job opportunties, etc belong in /r/movingtonyc
  • No Generic tourist post: Tourist posts including questions about itineraries, transit, hotels, attractions, weather, etc belong in /r/visitingnyc
  • Don't be an asshole: No asshole pls
  • No promotion, no soliciting: No promoting your event, buying or selling, and definitely not the place to promote whatever vibe coded "solution" you built in Claude code.
  • No hyper specific lawyer questions: You need a lawyer. This sub is not your lawyer.
  • Not a question: not a question
  • Repeat post: we literally just spoke about this
  • NO ASKING FOR FRIENDS: GO TO /r/nycmeetups
  • NO GENERIC QUESTIONS: NO GENERIC QUESTIONS
  • No classifieds/Lost and Found/Misconnections: No classifieds
  • NO ILLEGAL STUFF: DON'T GET US BANNED
  • NO POLITICAL FIGHTING: NO FIGHTING
  • NO WISEGUYING: COME ON NOW

Works well

  • A specific, personal question about daily life in NYC that includes context about your situation and cannot be answered by the wiki or a quick search
  • A plain answer to someone else's NYC question based on your own lived experience, with no mention of your company or product
  • A question about a NYC specific topic that is clearly not moving, tourist, political, or legal advice, posted after checking the wiki and quick searches first
  • Nothing at all if your only goal is marketing, because this community has no promotional lane and the mods remove spam on sight

Avoid

  • Posting anything promotional, because “No promotion, no soliciting” gets it removed and the mods call out vibe coded tools by name
  • Dropping a link to your product or blog, because the description says this is not a forum for sharing links or images
  • Asking a moving or housing question, because “No Moving to NYC” sends those to /r/movingtoNYC
  • Asking a tourist or itinerary question, because “No Generic tourist post” sends those to /r/visitingnyc
  • Posting a broad question with no context, because “No lazy posts and no AI slop” covers both laziness and generated content
  • Pasting AI written text, because “No lazy posts and no AI slop” bans it outright and the policy brief confirms AI content is banned here too, so write every word yourself and say plainly what you actually want to know, because a post that reads like marketing copy will not survive “No promotion, no soliciting”

What r/AskNYC Is For

This is a question and answer community for New York City. People come here to ask questions about living in the city and to get useful answers from people who know it. The description is clear that the goal is spreading useful information about NYC, and that it is not a place for political debate, local news discussion, crime stories, links, images, or classifieds. Moving questions belong in /r/movingtoNYC and tourist questions belong in /r/visitingnyc, and the sidebar says so in large letters. The people posting here are residents and people with real, specific questions about daily life in the city, and the people answering are locals who have seen every generic question before.

Rules That Matter Before Posting

The rule that decides most marketing outcomes here is “No promotion, no soliciting”, which bans promoting your event, buying or selling, and promoting whatever you built, with the mods even calling out vibe coded solutions by name. “No lazy posts and no AI slop” bans broad questions with no context and any AI generated content, so a generic outreach style question dies on arrival. “Not related in NYC” keeps the sub for NYC questions only, so a general market research post gets removed. “No Moving to NYC” and “No Generic tourist post” send housing and travel questions to other subs entirely. “No classifieds/Lost and Found/Misconnections” bans apartment ads, job posts, and ticket sales. “NO POLITICAL FIGHTING” and “NO ILLEGAL STUFF” round out the hard lines, and the description warns that repeated violations lead to a posting ban.

What To Post

For a founder, the honest answer is that this is close to a do not post community for marketing. There is no promotional lane here at all, so the only safe play is to participate as a person, not as a company. If you have lived in NYC and you have a genuine, specific question about the city that is not about moving, visiting, politics, or anything illegal, you can ask it, and you should include real context so it does not count as lazy or generic. Search the wiki, the quick searches, and the sub first, because repeat posts get removed. Answer questions in your area of genuine knowledge without mentioning your work. If your product happens to serve New Yorkers, read this sub to learn what residents actually complain about, then take that learning elsewhere.

What To Avoid

Any promotional post gets removed under “No promotion, no soliciting”, and the rule text makes clear that pitching your own tool or event is exactly what they mean. AI written posts get removed under “No lazy posts and no AI slop”. Broad questions with no context get removed under the same rule, and “NO GENERIC QUESTIONS” repeats the point in capital letters. Moving, housing, and tourist questions get removed under “No Moving to NYC” and “No Generic tourist post”. Classifieds, apartment ads, job posts, and ticket sales get removed under “No classifieds/Lost and Found/Misconnections”. Surveys and solicitations are listed in the sidebar as immediately removed. Political bait gets removed under “NO POLITICAL FIGHTING”, and the description says bans can happen without warning for it. Repeated violations lead to a posting ban.

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Common questions about r/AskNYC

Can I mention my product if I frame it as a question?

No. Rule “No promotion, no soliciting” bans promoting your event, buying or selling, and promoting anything you built, so there is no promotional angle that survives here.

Can I share a link to something useful I made for New Yorkers?

No. The description says this is not a forum for sharing links or images, and only images that directly help answer a question may be allowed at moderator discretion.

Can I ask New Yorkers how they feel about housing costs for market research?

No. Rule “No Moving to NYC” sends all moving and housing questions to /r/movingtoNYC, even research framed as curiosity.

Can I ask a real question at all as a founder?

Yes, if it is a genuine NYC specific question, you search the wiki and quick searches first, and you include real context so it is not lazy or generic.

Are links ever allowed?

The rules do not say, and the policy brief marks links as unknown, so treat any link as risky and assume it will be removed.

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