r/daddit rules, stats, and what to post

r/daddit is Reddit's top sub for fatherhood and parenting, and the rules describe its purpose in one line, dads helping dads. The people posting here are fathers swapping advice, sharing milestones, and asking other dads how they handled things. Mothers are welcome to join in, but the rules ask them to respect that the primary purpose is dads helping dads. This is a safe for work community, so the talk stays family friendly. It is a support and conversation space, not a marketplace, and the rules make that very clear.

The rule that decides everything here is “No Self Promotion or Solicitation”. It bans posting promotions or links to any product or service you created or are selling, including apps and tools. It also bans soliciting funds, survey responses, votes, and comments or stories gathered for your own content creation. That last part matters if you write a blog or newsletter, because you cannot mine this sub for material. “No AI or Bot Posts” is the next big one, since posts significantly composed by AI get removed and repeat violations can get you banned. “No Low Effort Posting” removes posts that are just a title or a meme, so anything you share needs real substance. “No Politics” keeps political discussion out, though moderators may approve political content if it is pertinent to parenthood or fatherhood. “No Violence” bans talk of violence, child abuse, and corporal punishment, and it carries a ban. “No Circumcision Discussion” exists because the topic creates disharmony, so leave it alone. “No Bigotry” promises permanent bans with no appeal. “No Meta Posts” means feedback goes to modmail, not the feed. “General Daddit” sets the tone, dads helping dads, and posts that run counter to that ideal get removed.

Post as a dad, not as a marketer. The community rewards real experiences, so share a specific parenting moment, a mistake you made and what you learned, or a question you genuinely want other fathers to answer. If you built something, do not link it or name it as your product, just talk about the dad problem behind it in your own words and let the conversation happen. Write every post yourself, in your own voice, because AI written posts get removed here. Give your post a real body with enough detail to spark a quality discussion, since a bare title or a meme will be removed. Answer other dads' questions honestly before you ever start your own thread, because the whole sub runs on dads helping dads.

The fastest way to get removed is self promotion, so do not post links to products, services, apps, or tools you made or sell, and do not ask for survey responses, votes, or Go Fund Me donations. Do not solicit stories or comments for your own blog, article, or YouTube channel either. Do not post anything significantly written by AI, because that gets removed and repeat violations can lead to a ban. Do not post low effort content like a bare title or a meme. Do not bring up politics, circumcision, violence, child abuse, or corporal punishment, because those topics are banned and some carry bans. Bigotry gets you a permanent ban with no appeal. Do not post meta questions or feedback about the sub, use modmail for that. Do not troll, and do not feed trolls. Keep everything safe for work, with no nudity below the waist. And follow Reddiquette, which the first rule asks of everyone.

The rule that stops me cold here is the one on AI posts, because it says if you cannot take the time to articulate your own thoughts, the community should not take the time to answer them. That is a fair standard, and it means anything I wrote with a model's help would be dishonest to bring here. I also respect that they ban circumcision talk outright to keep the peace, which tells you this room values calm over debate. There are no observed top posts for this sub, so I would read what is on the front page myself before posting a single word.