r/dotnet rules, stats, and what to post

This is a community for people who build with .NET. The description says it plainly: if you are using C#, VB.NET, F#, or anything running with .NET, you are in the right place. So the room is full of developers writing code on the .NET platform, from people shipping business applications to hobbyists building side projects. The rules make it clear this is a working community, not a billboard. Posts must be about .NET development specifically, they must have some quality, and they must not be generated by AI. Career questions and job postings are pointed to other subreddits, and self promotion is only allowed under tight conditions. If you are a founder whose product serves .NET developers, this is your audience, but you have to earn your seat like anyone else.

The rule that decides whether a marketing post survives is “Self-Promotion”. It says any post highlighting a product or library must be posted on weekends, flaired with the Promotion flair, not written by AI, and restricted to major or minor release versions to prevent spamming. Anything outside those restrictions gets removed. “Low quality and AI generation” matters just as much, because posts must have some semblance of quality and not be AI generated, and simple posts linking to a website, stackoverflow, or another subreddit may be removed. “Easily searched or duplicate” kills lazy questions and repeated content. “.NET related” keeps your post on topic, so a generic marketing pitch with no .NET angle does not belong. “No job postings” and “Career advice” push hiring and career content out of the sub entirely. Finally, “Stay civil, and be kind” sets the tone for how you talk to people in the comments.

A good post here is something a working .NET developer would actually want to read. If you built a tool, library, or product for this crowd, save it for the weekend, flair it with the Promotion flair, and write it yourself with real effort. Explain what the thing does, why you built it, and what problem it solves for someone writing C# or F#. If you are not promoting anything, the bar is still quality. Share a genuine lesson from building on .NET, ask a specific technical question that a search will not answer in one click, or start a discussion about how you approach a real development problem. Write every word yourself, because this community explicitly calls out AI generated content.

Do not post self promotion on a weekday, because the rules only allow it on weekends with the Promotion flair. Do not let AI write your post, because AI generated content is banned outright. Do not promote the same version twice, since promotion is restricted to major or minor release versions. Do not drop a bare link to your website, a stackoverflow page, or another subreddit, because simple link posts may be removed. Do not ask career advice or post job openings, both are sent elsewhere. Do not ask anything a quick google or reddit search would answer, and do not repost something already covered. And stay civil, because harassment and insults are not tolerated here.

This community spells out its self promotion conditions in unusual detail, right down to the version numbering, and that tells me the moderators have been burned by spam before. The explicit ban on AI written posts is also a clear signal about what this room values, which is real effort from real developers. My honest read is that r/dotnet rewards founders who show up as builders first, so if your product genuinely helps .NET developers, one well written weekend post per release is the respectful path. Anything faster or lazier will get removed, and you will have earned it.