r/editors rules, stats, and what to post

This community is for post professionals, meaning people who work in editing as their profession. The description says the space is geared towards post professionals, and the rules define a pro as someone who pays yearly taxes on their work. People trying to become a pro or running it as a side hustle are pointed to the Ask a Pro thread instead of a main post. Hobbyists and people editing for fun are sent to the sister community for video editing. So the room is working editors talking shop with other working editors.

The rule called “Pros Pay Taxes; Everyone else? The “Ask a Pro” thread.” decides who may post here at all, because only people who pay yearly taxes on their editing work count as pros. The rule called “Advertising your services - we'll consider it spam” kills any post that promotes your video services, and the rule called “Developer? Use this thread about your product” sends anyone with a product to a dedicated thread instead of a main post. The rule called “Use of affiliate links” and the rule called “Use of link shorteners” both restrict how you can share links. The rule called “Don't ask or offer work for free” bans free work in either direction. The rule called “Paid work must be day rate or 1/2 day rate IN THE TITLE” governs job posts and requires the rate in the title. The rules called “Don't ask about rates - too difficult” and “We can't answer “How much you're worth.” ie RATES” remove any post asking what to charge. The rule called “AMA? No you can't just post your AMA” means an AMA needs moderator approval first. The rule called “Low effort means…open ended questions and more - and it's a NO” removes thin questions, and the rule called “Feedback” pushes feedback requests into the recurring threads.

A good post here is a substantive question or discussion that shows you have done some research and speaks to working editors as a peer. If you are a founder with an editing related product, keep it to the dedicated developer thread and follow that thread's rules. If you want feedback on your work, use the recurring reel review or showcase threads, host the work on a film centric site, and ask for specific feedback on a scene or on pacing. If you are hiring, put the day rate or half day rate in the title, or state a fixed fee along with how long you think the job will take. If you are not a tax paying professional yet, use the Ask a Pro thread rather than the main feed.

Do not advertise your video services in a main post, because the rules say that counts as spam and suggest hanging your shingle in a room of potential clients instead. Do not post about your own product if you are a developer, because that is only allowed in the dedicated thread. Do not use link shorteners or affiliate tagged links, and do not ask for feedback using links from social platforms. Do not ask for or offer free work, and do not ask rate questions, because the community says it cannot really answer them. Do not post a job without the day rate or half day rate in the title, and do not post an AMA without moderator approval. Do not post here and in the sister community at the same time, and do not post low effort open ended questions, since those are removed at the moderators discretion.

The rule that sticks with me is the one comparing self promotion to a doctor pitching other doctors in a room full of doctors. It is a blunt picture, but it makes the point better than any long policy could. This is one of the few communities that defines who counts as a member by whether they pay taxes on the work, and I respect how clear that is even if it sounds harsh.