r/fireTV rules, stats, and what to post

This is an unofficial discussion forum for Amazon's fireTV products. People come here to talk about FireTV devices, ask questions, and help each other out. The rules say posts should ask or answer questions, so this is a help and discussion room, not a place to broadcast. The moderators describe it as a place where they enjoy discussion, which tells you conversation is welcome as long as nobody is selling.

The rule that decides everything for a founder is “No Spam/Ad/Self-promotion”. It bans spam, advertising, and self promotion, and it names YouTube channels, blogs, and review websites as things they do not want promoted. It also sets a hard gate: new or low karma accounts get contributions removed automatically until the account is greater than 2 days old and has 1 or more comment and post karma. “Make An Effort” matters next, because it says Reddit is not Google and asks you to show what you already tried when you ask a question. “Non-Productive Content” removes posts that are purely negative or political and posts that do not attempt to ask or answer a question. “Off Topic” removes anything that does not relate to FireTV. “Be Nice” is the baseline, stay cordial and give people the benefit of the doubt.

Post a genuine FireTV question or a helpful answer to someone else's question. Before you post, show that you did your homework, because “Make An Effort” says people are more willing to help when they know you have been working on the problem. Mention what you searched, what you tried, and what happened. Keep every post and comment directly related to FireTV, because “Off Topic” removes anything else. Keep the tone productive and cordial, because “Non-Productive Content” and “Be Nice” both apply to everything you write. Make sure your account is greater than 2 days old and has at least 1 karma before you post, or your contribution gets removed automatically.

Do not post links to your product, your blog, your YouTube channel, or your review site, because that is exactly what the self promotion rule names. Do not post from a fresh account, because the rules say new and low karma accounts are removed automatically until the account is greater than 2 days old and has some karma. Do not ask a question you could have searched yourself without showing your work, because “Make An Effort” will catch it. Do not post rants or political takes, because “Non-Productive Content” removes posts that are purely negative or political. Do not post about other streaming devices or anything unrelated to FireTV, because “Off Topic” gets those removed. And stay cordial, because “Be Nice” is the baseline for every comment you leave.

The automatic removal of new and low karma accounts is the detail that stands out to me, because it means your first week on Reddit decides whether anyone sees your post at all. I also like that “Make An Effort” exists as a written rule, since it tells you exactly how to earn help here. There are no top posts to learn from in our observations, so I would treat this as a room where a well researched question is the whole game.