r/IMadeThis rules, stats, and what to post

r/IMadeThis is a show and tell subreddit for people who make things. The description says it plainly: Reddit is full of talented, creative people, and this is a place for them to show off a little. The examples it gives are wide open. Sculptors, painters, welders, open source contributors, game developers, and even people who make amazing spreadsheets are all invited to brag a little about what they have been up to. So the door is open to almost any kind of maker, from hobbyists to professionals, and the common thread is that you personally built or created something and want to share it. If you are a founder, you fit here when your product, tool, app, or project is something you actually made and can show.

A good post here leads with the thing you made. Show it, explain it, and let people see the craft. If you built a tool or an app, share what it does and maybe a bit of how you built it, because this crowd loves the making as much as the result. The description even mentions amazing spreadsheets, so the bar for what counts is generous, and the tone is brag a little, which means confidence is welcome here. For a founder doing respectful marketing, the winning shape is simple: post your creation as a creation, be genuinely proud of it, answer questions from people who are curious, and be nice to the other makers posting alongside you. You are not selling in this sub, you are showing off, and if people like what they see they will ask you about it.

Here is the honest part. This community displayed no rules on its public rules page, so there is no published list of things that get posts removed or people banned. I will not invent rules that are not written down. What we do have is the moderator one-liner, which says to share your creations and be respectful of the community, plus two survival tips: show off your creations and projects, and be nice to other makers. That tells you the spirit of the place. The risks are the ones that break that spirit. A post that is pure advertising with no creation to show, a post that disrespects other makers, or a post that spams the same thing over and over would all go against the tone the moderators asked for, even though no rule names those behaviors outright.

This is one of the friendliest briefs I have read, because the whole rulebook is basically one line: share your creations and be respectful. That freedom is a gift, but it also means the community itself is the only filter, so the room decides what deserves praise. I like that the description even names spreadsheets as brag-worthy, which tells me craft matters more than the medium.