Can I mention my product or company in a post?
No. The rules say do not solicit followers or customers and do not name specific companies or websites. Keep any of that to direct messages.
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r/UnethicalLifeProTips rules, stats, and what to post
A source-backed Rankhog guide to r/UnethicalLifeProTips: 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
- Members
- 2,181,838
- Verified
- September 24, 2026
- Category
- Everyday life tips and practical advice communities
Rules can change, so Rankhog keeps verification dates and the original public Reddit sources visible.
Rule summary
- Posts Must Be Related To This Subreddit: Posts must be a tip (or request) and unethical, tips that are ethical will be removed. Comments with ethical tips are allowed, as long as the ethical tip provides more benefit than the unethical tip. We also don’t allow AI.
- No Tips That Are Just Clever Ways Of Being A Dick: Tips must provide some benefit to you. Posts that are just clever ways of being a dick will be removed.
- No Obvious Tips: Tips must not be obvious.
- No Tips About Karma: No tips that involve karma.
- No Stealing Tips: Commandment VIII No tips that are just clever ways of stealing from other people or businesses for the sake of stealing. This includes questions about swapping returns for new product/cash pr asking how to not have to pay to do laundry.
- No Meta Tips: No tips that are in reference to other Reddit posts, especially other ULPT tips.
- No Blatantly False Statistics / Misinformation: Phrases such as "...they'll probably let you go", "...9 out of 10 places don't bother", "...most of the time it works." and so on. They do not add to the tip, and there is no data backing up this claim.
- No Illegal Tips: No tips about rape, murder, suicide, or in general any tip that would violate the Geneva Convention laws.
- No Lists: No tip lists, each individual post should be about a single tip. This includes links to articles that list tips.
- No Solicitation / Advertising / Transactions / Promotions: Do not solicit followers/customers for your personal services. Do not ask for or offer money for services. Do not comment or post naming specific companies or websites, take it to DM.
- No Cheating: No request for helping you cheat on exams or how to avoid cheating detection or bypass workplace activity measures.
- No Politics: No Politics. Nothing politics related.
- No Doxxing: No Doxxing. Do not post personal or business phone numbers, addresses, email addresses or social media account information. This information should never be posted, take it to DM.
- Don't Be A Dick.: Seriously, don't be a dick. Get therapy or fuck off.
- Don't Get OP or Others Killed/Severely Injured.: Please do not encourage unsafel practices or behaviors.
Works well
- A single clever unethical tip that provides a real benefit to you without just being mean to someone else.
- A request asking the community for an unethical tip on a specific everyday situation, framed as a fun question.
- A comment on someone else's tip that adds a genuinely useful ethical alternative, since the rules allow ethical tips in comments when they provide more benefit than the unethical tip.
Avoid
- Posting anything that names your company or links to your site, since the rules send all of that to direct messages.
- Writing a list of tips, because each post must cover a single tip.
- Mentioning statistics like most places will not check, since the rules ban unbacked claims.
- Posting about stealing, cheating on exams, or bypassing workplace trackers.
- Using AI to generate your post, because the rules explicitly do not allow it.
- Bringing up politics or referencing other Reddit posts, both of which are removed.
What r/UnethicalLifeProTips Is For
This community is for sharing unethical life pro tips, which the description defines as tips that improve your life in a meaningful way, perhaps at the expense of others or with questionable legality. The description is clear that these tips are just for fun and should not actually be followed. People post there to share clever tips they have picked up and to learn from others.
Rules That Matter Before Posting
The rule called Posts Must Be Related To This Subreddit sets the basic test: your post must be a tip or a request, it must be unethical, and it cannot be AI generated. The rule called No Solicitation / Advertising / Transactions / Promotions is the one that matters most for anyone with a product. It says not to solicit followers or customers, not to ask for or offer money, and not to name specific companies or websites in posts or comments. The rule called No Lists means you cannot link to an article that lists tips. The rule called No Stealing Tips rules out tips that are just clever ways of stealing from people or businesses. The rule called No Blatantly False Statistics / Misinformation means you cannot back up a tip with made up odds. The rule called No Illegal Tips and the rule called Don't Get OP or Others Killed/Severely Injured set hard lines on safety and law.
What To Post
If you want to participate here as a founder doing respectful Reddit marketing, you need to forget about marketing for a moment and just join the joke. A good post is a single unethical tip or a request for one, written in a way that is clever but not cruel. The rule called No Tips That Are Just Clever Ways Of Being A Dick says your tip must provide some benefit to you, not just harm to someone else. The rule called No Obvious Tips means it should be something people have not already thought of. You cannot mention your company, link to your site, or use AI to write it. So the only honest way to participate is to share something genuinely funny or interesting, with no brand attached, and let people get to know you as a person over time.
What To Avoid
Avoid anything that looks like promotion. The rule called No Solicitation / Advertising / Transactions / Promotions says not to solicit followers or customers, not to ask for or offer money, and not to name specific companies or websites in posts or comments. Do not post lists of tips or links to articles that list tips, because the rule called No Lists forbids it. Do not post about stealing, cheating on exams, or bypassing workplace trackers, since the rules called No Stealing Tips and No Cheating cover those. Do not include made up statistics, because the rule called No Blatantly False Statistics / Misinformation bans phrases like most of the time it works. Do not post anything illegal, anything that could get someone hurt, or anything political. Do not reference other Reddit posts, because the rule called No Meta Tips does not allow it. Do not use AI, because the first rule says they also do not allow AI.
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Common questions about r/UnethicalLifeProTips
Can I share a link to a blog article with multiple tips?
No. Links to articles that list tips are not allowed, and each post should be about a single tip.
Can I use AI to help write my tip?
No. The rules say they also do not allow AI.
Can I post an ethical life tip if it is genuinely useful?
No. Tips must be unethical. Ethical tips will be removed.
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