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r/indesign rules, stats, and what to post

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

Members
64,619
Community age
Created Apr 2010, 16 years
To post
No minimum in the rules
To comment
No minimum in the rules
Self-promotion
Banned
Links
Not mentioned in the rules
Promo risk
HighFrom the rules, not from removal counts

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Rule summary

  • Your post must be related to InDesign: • Posts must be related to Adobe InDesign — usage, troubleshooting, workflows, plugins, layouts, typography, etc. • Off-topic or promotional content may be removed.

Works well

  • A short walkthrough of an InDesign layout problem you solved, with the steps written out in the post itself
  • A question about a specific InDesign workflow, like paragraph styles or master pages, where you genuinely want input
  • A tip about typography or document setup that helps people work faster in InDesign
  • A troubleshooting question about a broken export or missing font, described clearly with what you already tried
  • A plugin recommendation only when it directly answers someone else's InDesign question, not as its own post

Avoid

  • Posting a link to your tool, blog, or newsletter with no InDesign substance around it
  • Framing an ad as a question, like asking if anyone has tried your own product
  • Posting about general graphic design topics that do not touch InDesign
  • Reposting the same promotional content after it gets removed
  • Writing a post where the InDesign angle is thin and the pitch is the real point

What r/indesign Is For

This is a community for people who use Adobe InDesign. The public description says it covers tips, tricks, tutorials, competitions, help, and everything about the software. That means the people posting here are designers, production artists, and anyone else who builds layouts, plus people stuck on a problem who want a fix. The one published rule makes the focus even clearer: posts must be related to Adobe InDesign, covering usage, troubleshooting, workflows, plugins, layouts, and typography. If your post is about that, you are in the right room. If it is not, you are not.

Rules That Matter Before Posting

There is a single rule here and it decides everything. It is called “Your post must be related to InDesign” and it says posts must be related to Adobe InDesign, covering usage, troubleshooting, workflows, plugins, layouts, typography, and similar topics. It also states that off-topic or promotional content may be removed. For a founder doing any kind of marketing, that second half is the whole ballgame. This is not a rule with lots of subclauses to parse, it is one bright line, and the survival tip says it plainly: only post content directly related to Adobe InDesign, and avoid sharing off-topic or promotional content.

What To Post

A good post here starts with InDesign itself. Share a tip, ask for help with a layout problem, walk people through a workflow that saved you time, or ask a genuine troubleshooting question. If you are a founder with a product that touches InDesign, the safe move is to make your post about the InDesign problem, not the product. Write a real tutorial or share a real lesson, keep any link out of the spotlight, and let the content stand on its own. Helpful posts about usage, workflows, typography, and plugins are exactly what the description asks for, so aim there.

What To Avoid

Avoid anything promotional. The rules say off-topic or promotional content may be removed, and a post that reads like an ad for your tool, service, or newsletter falls squarely in that zone. Avoid posts that are not about InDesign at all, even if your audience overlaps, because the very first rule requires the post to be related to the software. Avoid dressing up a link drop as a question. If you have to squint to see the InDesign connection, a moderator probably will not have to.

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Common questions about r/indesign

Can I promote my product here?

No. The rules state that promotional content may be removed, so treat this community as off limits for promotion and post only genuine InDesign content.

Can I share a tutorial I wrote about InDesign?

Yes, as long as the tutorial is genuinely about InDesign usage and not a wrapper around a product pitch, since the rule allows posts about usage, workflows, and tips.

Can I mention my tool if someone asks?

The rules ban promotional content, so the safest reading is to answer the InDesign question itself first and keep any tool mention minimal and directly relevant.

What if my product is for designers but not about InDesign?

Then it does not fit. The rule requires posts to be related to Adobe InDesign specifically, and off-topic content may be removed.

Are links allowed?

The rules do not say anything about links either way, so there is no published link policy to lean on, and you should judge any link by whether the post is genuinely about InDesign.

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