Can I mention my cleaning product or scheduling tool at all?
No. The rule “No self promotion” says do not self promote your content, and this applies to posts and comments alike.
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r/Custodians rules, stats, and what to post
A source-backed Rankhog guide to r/Custodians: public rules, community context, posting fit, and startup-promotion risk before you publish.
- Members
- 15,883
- Community age
- Created Dec 2011, 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
- Be respectful to other users: Treat other members with kindness, and respect the opinions of other members. Please keep posts and comments free of personal attacks, insults, or other uncivil behavior.
- No Spam: Spam, machine-generated content, and karma farming are not permitted
- NSFW must be labeled/flaired: NSFW must be clearly labeled/flaired.
- No self promotion: Do not self promote your content
- No political discussion: Any posting or comment about politics is not allowed and will be removed. Consistently breaking this rule will result in a ban.
- No doxing: Posting or seeking any identifying personal information, real or fake, will result in a ban without a prior warning. This includes information about yourself or other people and refers to, but is not limited to: names, phone numbers, email addresses, or social media. Asking questions designed to draw attention to specific usernames related to social media, or posting comments to call out another Reddit user are also not allowed.
- No sexualized or inappropriate content: Posts or comments involving sexualized content, undergarments, bodily functions in a sexual context, or anything that objectifies others are not allowed — even as a joke. This includes selling, trading, or joking about personal garments or items. Actively defending, encouraging, or arguing in support of prohibited content is also a violation and will result in a ban. Enforcement: Violations will result in a permanent ban without warning and may be reported to Reddit admins.
- No misinformation: Do not spread misinformation. Any misleading information will result in a permanent ban.
- No promotion of outdated/retro chemicals.: Do not promote outdated/retro chemicals such as bleach, ammonia or vinegar. There are more effective and safer options available.
Works well
- A detailed writeup of a cleaning workflow that went well for you, shared with no link and no company name attached.
- A genuine question about which modern cleaning products hold up on a specific floor type, without recommending outdated chemicals.
- A story about a hard shift, a difficult client, or a facility that pushed your limits, told honestly to trade peers.
- Helpful comments on other people's posts, drawing on real experience and never steering toward your own offering.
- A safety-focused post about proper chemical handling using modern, approved products rather than the banned old ones.
Avoid
- Promoting your own product, service, blog, or tool in a post or comment, which the rule “No self promotion” removes.
- Dropping your Discord, website, or app link to drive traffic, which reads as spam under “No Spam”.
- Recommending bleach, ammonia, or vinegar for cleaning, which the rule “No promotion of outdated/retro chemicals.” forbids.
- Posting AI-generated content, which the moderation one-liner says gets removed as spam.
- Sharing your own or someone else's name, email, phone number, or social media handles, which the rule “No doxing” says results in a ban without warning.
- Arguing about politics in a post or comment, which the rule “No political discussion” says will get the content removed and repeat offenses banned.
What r/Custodians Is For
This is a community for custodians, janitors, and people who clean buildings for a living or as their daily work. The public description calls the place a custodial haven where cleanliness meets camaraderie, and it points to a Discord called Tidy Task Force that the community runs itself. So think of this as a trade community, people who talk about the work of cleaning, the tools and chemicals they use, and life on the job. The rules lean that way too, with a specific rule about cleaning chemicals, which tells you the people here know their products and argue about them.
Rules That Matter Before Posting
The rule that decides most things here is “No self promotion”, which says do not self promote your content. That alone rules out pitching your product, your service, your blog, or your Discord. The rule “No Spam” also bans machine-generated content and karma farming, so anything that looks automated or posted for reach is out. If you ever post something that needs it, the rule “NSFW must be labeled/flaired” requires a clear label. The rule “No political discussion” says any posting or comment about politics will be removed and that consistently breaking it leads to a ban, so skip that topic entirely. The rule “No doxing” bans posting or seeking identifying personal information, including your own, and promises a ban without a prior warning. The rule “No sexualized or inappropriate content” covers sexualized content and jokes about personal garments or items, and it says violations bring a permanent ban without warning. The rule “No misinformation” makes spreading misleading information a permanent ban, so be careful with cleaning claims. The rule “No promotion of outdated/retro chemicals.” is the one specific to this trade, and it bans recommending bleach, ammonia, or vinegar.
What To Post
Here is the honest picture, promotion is banned here, so this is not a place to launch anything. What you can do is show up as a person and be useful. Share what you have learned about cleaning workflows, about safety, about choosing between modern products, or about running a cleaning operation day to day, as long as you are not pushing your own content. Ask real questions about problems the people here face. Comment on other people's posts with genuine experience. If you build something for this industry, do not pitch it here, but you can learn an enormous amount about what custodians struggle with just by reading and answering questions honestly. The winning move is to participate like a member of the trade, not a marketer with a target.
What To Avoid
Do not promote anything, because “No self promotion” is written plainly and the moderation one-liner confirms that self promotion gets removed. Do not spam or post machine-generated content, and remember the policy here treats AI content as banned. Do not recommend bleach, ammonia, or vinegar, because “No promotion of outdated/retro chemicals.” names those directly. Do not get into politics, because “No political discussion” says posts and comments about politics are removed and repeat violations end in a ban. Do not post anyone's identifying information, including your own, because “No doxing” means a ban with no warning. Do not post sexualized content or joke about personal garments or items, because “No sexualized or inappropriate content” makes that a permanent ban with no warning and possible escalation to Reddit admins. Do not state things you cannot back up, because “No misinformation” also leads to a permanent ban. And keep everything civil under “Be respectful to other users”, because personal attacks and insults are removed.
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Common questions about r/Custodians
Can I share my Discord server since the description mentions one?
No. The community's own Discord server is the one linked in the description, and linking yours would count as promotion under “No self promotion”.
Can I post NSFW content if I label it?
Yes, and the rule “NSFW must be labeled/flaired” requires it, though for a cleaning community the safest choice is to skip it entirely.
Can I ask whether bleach is still a good option for a client's floor?
Only if you name modern options instead, because the rule “No promotion of outdated/retro chemicals.” specifically calls out bleach, ammonia, and vinegar.
I run a cleaning business, can I introduce myself with my company name?
Do not sign it with your company name or social handles, because “No doxing” bans names and social media information and “No self promotion” bans promotion.