Can I mention my own hosting company at all?
No. “No advertising or spamming” says companies should not advertise or promote their products anywhere in the community.
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r/Hosting rules, stats, and what to post
A source-backed Rankhog guide to r/Hosting: public rules, community context, posting fit, and startup-promotion risk before you publish.
By Anthony Riera, founder and operator of Rankhog.
Subreddit guides combine public Reddit source URLs, captured rules, visible verification dates, and Rankhog's account-safety workflow.
Current public stats
- Members
- 33,986
- Verified
- October 4, 2026
- Category
- DevOps and infrastructure operators
Rules can change, so Rankhog keeps verification dates and the original public Reddit sources visible.
Rule summary
- No advertising or spamming: Do not advertise your products or services anywhere. r/Hosting exists for neutral discussion on hosting providers, not as a place for companies to advertise or otherwise promote their products.
- No affiliate or referral links: Affiliate links and referral links are not allowed and are automatically removed by AutoModerator.
- No astroturfing: When making recommendations or suggestions for hosting providers, you must disclose any connections you have to the hosting company in question. Astroturfing is not allowed and is often easy for users to see through anyway.
- No AI Generated Low Quality Posts / Replies: Using a LLM because English is not your native language is fine, but using a LLM to copy AI Slop replies to boost your reply count or visibility is not allowed and may be removed at moderators discretion.
- No Private Message Requests: This community is here to help all users solve their issue. If you ask someone to send you a private message or "DM" your post will be removed and you may be banned. If you can't say it in public, don't say it at all.
Works well
- Answer a beginner's question about choosing between shared hosting and a VPS using only your own experience
- Share an honest story about a hosting problem you hit and how you fixed it, with no links
- Compare two providers you have actually used, disclosing any connection to either one
- Explain a technical hosting topic like server migration or uptime in plain language because you enjoy the topic
- Reply to someone's outage or support question with a practical public answer instead of a pitch
Avoid
- Advertising your hosting product or service in any post or reply, because “No advertising or spamming” bans it outright
- Dropping affiliate or referral links, since “No affiliate or referral links” says AutoModerator removes them automatically
- Recommending a hosting company without disclosing that you work there or own it, which trips “No astroturfing”
- Pasting AI generated filler replies to look active, which risks removal under “No AI Generated Low Quality Posts / Replies”
- Asking anyone to DM you or move the talk to private messages, which gets posts removed and can get you banned under “No Private Message Requests”
- Writing your post like a landing page instead of a neutral answer to someone's hosting question
What r/Hosting Is For
r/Hosting is a community for discussion of web hosting services and providers. The description says shared hosting, WordPress, VPS, dedicated servers, cloud infrastructure, and anything else hosting related is welcome. The people posting here are folks picking a host, comparing providers, and troubleshooting hosting problems, and the rules make clear the community wants neutral discussion rather than company promotion. If you build or sell anything in the hosting space, understand that you are welcome as a participant in the discussion, not as an advertiser.
Rules That Matter Before Posting
The rule that decides everything here is “No advertising or spamming”, which says plainly that r/Hosting exists for neutral discussion on hosting providers, not as a place for companies to advertise or promote their products. “No affiliate or referral links” matters because those links are automatically removed by AutoModerator, so you cannot sneak them in. “No astroturfing” requires you to disclose any connection you have to a hosting company when you recommend or suggest it, and the rule notes that astroturfing is often easy for users to see through anyway. “No AI Generated Low Quality Posts / Replies” allows using a LLM because English is not your native language, but bans AI slop replies used to boost reply count or visibility. “No Private Message Requests” says if you ask someone to send a private message or DM, your post will be removed and you may be banned, and if you cannot say it in public, do not say it at all.
What To Post
A good post here is a plain, neutral answer to a hosting question someone actually asked. If you have real experience with a provider, share what happened, what it cost, and what went wrong or right. If you have any connection to a hosting company, disclose it clearly in the same breath as your recommendation. Keep everything in the public thread, never in private messages. Write in your own words, because low effort AI replies are explicitly discouraged. If you cannot help without pitching your own product, the honest move is to skip that thread.
What To Avoid
Do not advertise your products or services anywhere, because “No advertising or spamming” bans promotion of any kind. Do not post affiliate or referral links, since AutoModerator removes them automatically. Do not recommend a hosting provider without disclosing your connection to that company, because “No astroturfing” treats that as astroturfing. Do not paste AI generated low quality replies to boost your reply count or visibility, because “No AI Generated Low Quality Posts / Replies” says moderators may remove them. Do not ask anyone to send you a private message or DM, because “No Private Message Requests” says your post will be removed and you may be banned.
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Common questions about r/Hosting
Can I answer a question about a host I work for?
Yes, but “No astroturfing” requires you to disclose the connection clearly when you make recommendations or suggestions.
Are affiliate links allowed if I disclose them?
No. “No affiliate or referral links” says they are not allowed and are automatically removed by AutoModerator.
Can I use AI to help write my replies?
The rules allow using a LLM to help with language, but not posting AI slop replies to boost reply count or visibility.
Can I ask someone to DM me for a custom quote?
No. “No Private Message Requests” says if you cannot say it in public, do not say it at all.
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