r/PCBaumeister rules, stats, and what to post

This is the German community for building PCs. The description says it plainly, it is the German forum for building computers. The people here are hobbyists and builders in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and other German speaking countries who plan builds, ask for buying advice, share finished builds and troubleshoot problems. The rules make it clear the room runs on structured help, because buying advice and build plans must be written as text posts, and parts lists should be shared through proper list builders rather than screenshots. English posts are welcome if you live in a German speaking country and feel more comfortable in English, but reposts with no connection to these countries can be removed.

The rule that decides most marketing outcomes is “Verzichte auf Spam und Produktwerbung”. It bans offering, selling and buying products or services for money, and it allows self promotion only when it is not excessive and follows Reddit’s self promotion policy. “Bleib Relevant” matters next, because every post has to touch PCs or this community in some way, so a generic product pitch fails before anyone reads it. “Formatierung” is the one people underestimate, it requires build plans as text posts using de.pcpartpicker.com, Geizhals.de, pc-kombo.com or linked carts from Mindfactory or Caseking, and it removes text posts that are only a link with no explanation. “Flairs” requires a matching flair on every post, and “Bildbeiträge” restricts images to the “fertiger Build” and “Problembehandlung” flairs or use inside a discussion. “Direktlinks zu Keysellern” bans direct links to questionable license sellers for Windows and other software, and “Kein bewerben von cracks” bans promoting cracks and tools like massgrave or CreamAPI. Finally, “Sei Respektvoll” bans insults, trolling, baiting and calls to action, which also means no aggressive calls to action in your posts.

The safest useful post for a founder here is genuine help wrapped in proper formatting. Write a text post with a matching flair, for example a build plan laid out with de.pcpartpicker.com or Geizhals.de, or a buying advice thread that actually helps people choose parts. If you built something yourself, a finished build with the “fertiger Build” flair and a linked cart works, and for prebuilt systems you post the cart link. If your product genuinely helps people plan or build PCs, you can mention it as self promotion, but keep it rare, keep it honest, and make sure the post stands on its own as useful content with explanation and context, never as a bare link. Answer questions in comments where your expertise helps, that is where trust gets built in a room like this.

The fastest removals come from spam and bad formatting. Never offer or sell your product or service for money here, that is explicitly banned. Do not push your own thing so often that it counts as excessive self promotion. Do not drop a bare link with no explanation, those text posts get removed. Do not post screenshots of parts lists or handwritten lists, write the list out or use a list builder instead. Never link directly to keysellers for Windows or software licenses, and never promote cracks or tools like massgrave or CreamAPI. Do not post images outside the “fertiger Build” and “Problembehandlung” flairs or a genuine discussion. Do not forget your flair, and do not bait, troll or insult anyone, including through pushy calls to action.

This is one of the few communities where the rules tell you exactly which shopping links are welcome, like Geizhals and Mindfactory carts, which makes formatting the easiest part of posting here. What I respect most is rule “Direktlinks zu Keysellern”, because it protects members from real legal trouble with cheap Windows keys instead of just tidying the feed. My advice for any founder eyeing this room is simple, learn enough German to read the flair system, then show up with a genuinely useful build plan before you ever mention your own product.