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r/FRC rules, stats, and what to post

A source-backed Rankhog guide to r/FRC: public rules, community context, posting fit, and startup-promotion risk before you publish.

Members
51,259
Community age
Created Nov 2009, 16 years
To post
No minimum in the rules
To comment
No minimum in the rules
Self-promotion
Banned
Links
Allowed with conditionsCrowdfunding links, donation links, and links asking for cash or selling things are prohibited.
Promo risk
HighFrom the rules, not from removal counts

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Rule summary

  • Be respectful and appropriate: Be kind and respectful. Represent yourself (and your team) in a professional manner. Don't make posts and comments that are NSFW, rude, discriminatory, or attack other users.
  • Posts must be directly related to FRC/FIRST: Off-topic posts that have no direct or tangential relation to the FIRST Robotics Competition or other FIRST programs are not allowed.
  • No donation links, sales, or asking for cash: Crowdfuning links are prohibited, as we've decided they don't fit the purpose of this subreddit. See here (https://www.reddit.com/r/FRC/comments/1yays2/psa_no_more_links_to_crowdfunding_for_your_team/) for details. Additionally, selling things through the site or asking for funds is prohibited.
  • No political content: This subreddit is dedicated to FIRST and related programs. Discussion of an inherently political nature, with no relation to FRC or FIRST, is prohibited.
  • Do not solicit DMs or personal info: FIRST's youth protection policy prohibits 1 on 1 communication between students and adults in the program. Personal information includes names, email, phone numbers, Discord usernames etc.

Works well

  • Sharing a lesson or build story from your own robotics or engineering work that connects directly to FRC teams.
  • Answering questions from students or mentors with practical help, staying public and keeping the conversation in the thread.
  • Asking a genuine question about team workflows, build season challenges, or competition logistics that invites teams to share experience.
  • Offering free, relevant help in the open, like explaining a technique or a common problem, with no link and no ask attached.
  • Posting FRC or FIRST news and updates that the community will want to discuss.

Avoid

  • Posting crowdfunding links, donation links, or any ask for cash, because “No donation links, sales, or asking for cash” bans all of it.
  • Selling a product or service through the subreddit, which falls under the same sales and funds prohibition.
  • Dropping a link to your tool with no connection to FRC or FIRST, which “Posts must be directly related to FRC/FIRST” will get removed.
  • Asking students to DM you or share email addresses, phone numbers, or Discord usernames, which breaks “Do not solicit DMs or personal info”.
  • Arguing politics in the comments or posts, which “No political content” prohibits even in tangents.
  • Posting anything rude, NSFW, or attacking another user or team, which “Be respectful and appropriate” removes on sight.

What r/FRC Is For

r/FRC is Reddit's home for the FIRST Robotics Competition, a community where people talk about that program and other FIRST programs. The people here are high school students on competition teams, their mentors and coaches, and alumni who stick around because the program mattered to them. The rules tell you a lot about who they are. There is a youth protection rule banning one on one communication between adults and students, which tells you this is one of the few subreddits where minors are the main audience. The rules also ban crowdfunding links, sales, and politics, which tells you the moderators want this space kept clean for the teams themselves. Read it as a community of teams helping teams, not a marketplace.

Rules That Matter Before Posting

Five rules decide whether a post survives here, and every one of them matters if you are posting as a founder. “Be respectful and appropriate” sets the tone, asking you to be kind and represent yourself professionally. “Posts must be directly related to FRC/FIRST” is the one that will trip up most marketers, because anything with no direct or tangential relation to the competition or FIRST programs is not allowed. “No donation links, sales, or asking for cash” bans crowdfunding links, selling things through the site, and asking for funds, so this is not a place to pitch. “No political content” removes discussion of an inherently political nature with no relation to FRC or FIRST. Finally, “Do not solicit DMs or personal info” follows FIRST's youth protection policy and bans one on one communication between students and adults, along with sharing names, emails, phone numbers, or Discord usernames.

What To Post

A good post here is one that a team member, mentor, or mentor-adjacent adult would find genuinely useful for the competition. If you have built something relevant to robotics teams, the respectful path is to share what you learned or what you made in a way that helps teams, framed entirely around FRC. Ask real questions about the competition, answer questions from students and mentors, and share lessons from your own work only when they connect to FRC. If you mention a tool you built, do it inside a post that stands on its own as useful to the community, and never ask anyone for money, never link a crowdfunding page, and never move the conversation to DMs with a student.

What To Avoid

The fastest way to get removed is to treat this like a marketing channel. Sales posts, crowdfunding links, and donation asks are all prohibited. Off topic posts with no relation to FRC or FIRST get removed, so a generic post about your startup or your product does not belong here. Political content is out. Asking students for DMs or for any personal information like emails, phone numbers, or Discord usernames is out, and that one exists to protect minors. And the baseline rule applies to everything you write, so rude, NSFW, discriminatory, or attacking posts and comments are not allowed.

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Common questions about r/FRC

Can I offer a discount code for my robotics tool to team members here?

No. The rules ban donation links, crowdfunding links, and selling things through the site, so a discount code counts as a sales pitch.

Can I mention my product if the post is mostly about robotics?

Only if the post itself is directly about FRC or FIRST. A build story with a brief mention of what you used can work, a product showcase cannot.

Is r/FRC a good place to talk about my startup in general?

No. The community description says it is Reddit's home for the FIRST Robotics Competition, so general startup or marketing topics are off topic.

Can I privately message someone who seems interested in what I built?

No. The youth protection rule bans one on one communication between students and adults, so keep everything in the open thread and never ask for contact details.