r/salesforce rules, stats, and what to post

This is an unofficial forum, with no salesforce sponsorship, where people discuss getting certified and building on salesforce platforms. The description names force.com, heroku, exacttarget, and slack as part of that platform family. So the room is full of people studying for certifications, admins and developers building on the platform, and people working through real implementation questions. The rules back this up. There are rules about exam dumps, cert coupons, and getting-started questions, which tells you certification is a huge topic here. There is a sticky hiring post with strict format rules, which tells you jobs and recruiting come up often. This is a practitioner community, not a buyer community, and people come here to learn and solve problems.

The rule that decides most marketing-adjacent posts is “Product/Service Transparency”. It says two things. If you have a commercial interest in a product you link, you must add a disclaimer. And if you link to a product or service, you must share full product pricing as well. That second part is unusual and strict, so a link without pricing is a removal waiting to happen. “No AI-Generated Posts/Comments” matters a lot for founders who draft with AI. Fixing broken English with AI is fine, but posts that read like generic AI output, or that repeat common advice without adding value, are not allowed. “When asking for help please describe what you tried” means any question post needs to show your research first. “If you post a question, don't delete it after you get your answer” warns that deleting a solved question can get you banned. “Job Rules” pushes all hiring into the sticky post, with an application link and salary range, and no asking people to just send a private message. “No dumps/cheaters allowed” bans offering or asking for exam dumps, with a ban attached. “No cert / coupon begging” and “No spam” round out the obvious tripwires.

A good post here is specific and useful to someone building or certifying on the platform. If you built a tool that works with salesforce platforms, you can share it, but you must add a clear disclaimer that you have a commercial interest, and you must include full product pricing with the link. Do both and you are following the rule instead of hoping. Write the post yourself, with real specifics from your own work, because generic AI-sounding text gets removed. If you ask a question, describe what you already googled and what you tried, so people do not repeat your homework. If your question gets answered, leave the post up so the next person with the same problem finds it. If you are hiring, use the sticky hiring post, follow its format, and include the job application link and salary range. A post that teaches something concrete, like a build pattern or a certification prep approach that is not a dump, fits the room well.

The fastest ban here is dumps. Offering or asking for exam dumps results in a ban, no warning mentioned. Deleting your question post after you get your answer also results in a ban, which is rare and worth taking seriously. For promotion, you get removed if you link a product without a commercial-interest disclaimer, or without full pricing. AI-generated posts that are vague and generic, or that repeat common advice without adding value, get removed. Hiring posts outside the sticky, without an application link or salary range, or asking people to just send a private message, break the job rules. Asking for help without describing what you tried, begging for certs or coupons, asking getting-started questions before reading the sticky posts, and spam all get your post taken down.

The rule against deleting your question after you get an answer tells you everything about the values here, because the community wants your solved problem to stay searchable for the next person. I also respect that they demand full pricing on any linked product, which kills the classic vague teaser post on the spot. If you write like a real practitioner who shares specifics, this room will reward you.