Can I promote a startup in r/TestMyApp?
Treat direct promotion as high-risk because the fetched public rules include "Don't spam". A safer post should lead with a useful question, lesson, or context that fits the community.
A source-backed Rankhog guide to r/TestMyApp: 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
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Reddit describes r/TestMyApp this way: Helping developers since 2015 TMA Discord: https://discord.gg/9wGENxCZrN Donate to my coffee fund if you found this sub useful :) Only if you...
For Rankhog planning, treat it as a place for product critique, launch feedback, testers, and early-user learning. Use the source description and the visible rule list before deciding whether a startup post belongs there.
The fetched old Reddit rules include "Don't spam", "No Soliciting". The rule to read twice is "Don't spam". It is the clearest source-backed warning against turning the subreddit into a launch, link, or sales channel.
A strong post gives the community something to answer, inspect, or learn from before it asks for attention. Bring the audience, stage, constraint, what you tried, and the exact question.
Good fits include:
Do not use r/TestMyApp as a cold launch channel. The safest draft should still make sense if the company name, product URL, and call to action are removed.
Watch for:
Use this page as a pre-flight check. If the rule note and the community description do not support the post, choose another subreddit or turn the idea into a comment, lesson, or question first.
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Treat direct promotion as high-risk because the fetched public rules include "Don't spam". A safer post should lead with a useful question, lesson, or context that fits the community.
Use it for product critique, launch feedback, testers, and early-user learning. The source context says: Helping developers since 2015 TMA Discord: https://discord.gg/9wGENxCZrN Donate to my coffee fund if you found this sub useful :) Only if you...
Start with "Don't spam": This has been added to the subreddit rules because it seems it needs to be defined. Advertising services in the comments of every post in the sub is spam.
Posts that ignore "Don't spam" are risky. This has been added to the subreddit rules because it seems it needs to be defined. Advertising services in the comments of every post in the sub is spam.
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