r/FacebookAds rules, stats, and what to post

This community is for discussing best practices and strategies for running successful Facebook and Instagram ad campaigns. The rules make the scope even tighter. Everything posted or commented should relate to advertising on Meta, which means Facebook ads, Instagram ads, and similar. The people here are advertisers and marketers who work on Meta campaigns day to day, and the rules describe the subreddit as a learning tool for everyone in it. What it is not is a place to air grievances about the consumer Facebook platform. So the room is for practitioners talking shop about running ads, not for venting about Facebook itself.

The rule that decides everything here is “No Promotional Posts”. It says most links to courses, services, or other promotional content are not allowed, and that some promotional content is allowed only if you bring a ton of value. Just posting a link to your service is absolutely not allowed. If you are in doubt, you are told to reach out to the moderator team and ask for approval before posting. Anything found to be promotional without providing value gets the post removed and gets you permanently banned. That last part is the strictest penalty language I have seen, so read it twice. “Stay On Topic” matters next. This is not the sub to air grievances about the consumer Facebook platform, and all posts and comments should be about advertising on Meta, like Facebook ads and Instagram ads. “Job Posting” matters if you are hiring. Job posts belong in the weekly job board thread posted every Monday, and you need to follow that thread's own rules. “Be Nice” rounds it out. Keep conversation professional and civil, and no name calling or harassment even when you disagree.

Post things that help other people run better Meta ad campaigns. A teardown of what worked in a campaign, a question about targeting or creative, or a lesson you learned from a real account all fit the description of best practices and strategies. If you want to mention your own tool or service, the rules leave one door open. You can share promotional content if you bring a ton of value, and if you are in doubt you should ask the moderator team for approval before posting. So the respectful path is to write a post that would still be useful if you deleted every mention of your product, then ask the mods before you include anything about yourself. If you are hiring, use the weekly job board thread posted every Monday instead of a standalone post. Keep everything on advertising on Meta, and keep the tone professional and civil.

The fastest way to get banned here is posting promotional content without providing value. The rule says that gets your post removed and you permanently banned, which is a much harsher penalty than most communities state. A bare link to your course, service, or tool is the exact example the rule calls out as absolutely not allowed. Off topic posts are the second risk. Complaints about the consumer Facebook platform are explicitly not welcome, and anything not related to advertising on Meta can be removed. Job listings posted outside the weekly Monday thread will be misplaced. Finally, name calling or harassment breaks the civility rule even if your ad advice is solid.

The permanent ban warning in the first rule is the harshest I have seen in these guides, so treat this room as ask first, post second. I also like that the rules draw a hard line between advertising on Meta and complaining about Meta, because that tells you exactly what the community wants to talk about. There are no observed top posts for this community yet, so I would watch what gets upvoted for a week before you post anything.