AskReddit

Rule 1 - Questions must be clear and direct and may not use the body textbox

* All questions must be clear, written in English, and conclude with a question mark * All context in the title must be ***necessary to understanding the question***; do not give “example answers” in the post title (i.e. “Other than your mom, \_\_\_\_\_\_?”) * No text in the text box - any additional info from you must be added as a comment to your post [The full rule can be viewed here](https://www.reddit.com/r/askreddit/wiki/index#wiki_-rule_1-)

Common violation trigger: Rule 1 - Questions must be clear and direct and may not use the body textbox

Rule 2 - No personal or professional advice requests

* Askreddit is NOT your personal or professional advice platform * Do not makes posts asking for professional advice - medical, legal, financial, or otherwise * All posts asking for advice must be generic and not specific to your situation alone * Do not use first person pronouns * No crowdsourcing naming or purchasing decisions [The full rule can be viewed here](https://www.reddit.com/r/askreddit/wiki/index#wiki_-rule_2-)

Common violation trigger: Rule 2 - No personal or professional advice requests

Rule 3 - Open ended questions only

* Post must be an open-ended discussion question * Title must not be phrased to allow a simple yes/no answer * No questions that have definite answers * Question must not be a poll or survey * No “Either/Or” type questions * Do not ask for NSFW links * Do not specify a length (eg "in three words...") or make your post into a game [The full rule can be viewed here](https://www.reddit.com/r/askreddit/wiki/index#wiki_-rule_3-)

Common violation trigger: Rule 3 - Open ended questions only

Rule 4 - No personal info

* Do not post or seek any **real or fake** personal information (examples include: full names, phone numbers, email addresses, or social media accounts) * Only link another user's comment when it is relevant and **never** when it is to launch a personal attack or encourage others to do so * Do not ask questions designed to target specific usernames or links to social media [The full rule can be viewed here](https://www.reddit.com/r/askreddit/wiki/index#wiki_-rule_4-)

Common violation trigger: Rule 4 - No personal info

Rule 5 - No loaded questions

- Do not include an opinion, bias, or lead respondents towards expressing a specific opinion in your post title - Do not use this subreddit to promote a specific agenda or to gain positive or negative publicity for an entity or person [The full rule can be viewed here](https://www.reddit.com/r/askreddit/wiki/index#wiki_-rule_5-)

Common violation trigger: Rule 5 - No loaded questions

Rule 6 - [Serious] tagged posts are off-limits to jokes or irrelevant replies

* [Serious] posts are off-limits for joke replies and irrelevant or off-topic comments and discussion * If the OP asks for answers from a specific group in a [Serious] post, top level comments must be made from members of that group * Posts that do not receive relevant answers within an hour will be removed [The full rule can be viewed here](https://www.reddit.com/r/askreddit/wiki/index#wiki_-rule_6-)

Common violation trigger: Rule 6 - [Serious] tagged posts are off-limits to jokes or irrelevant replies

Rule 7 - No begging for goods or services, or Reddit rewards

* Do not ask for Reddit rewards, money, goods, services,or favors * Do not form a brigade to draw positive or negative attention to posts or comments in AskReddit, even from other subreddits [The full rule can be viewed here](https://www.reddit.com/r/askreddit/wiki/index#wiki_-rule_7-)

Common violation trigger: Rule 7 - No begging for goods or services, or Reddit rewards

Rule 8 - Be respectful to other users at all times and conduct your behaviour in a civil manner

* Do not make personal attacks, insult, or demean a specific group or person * Do not use slurs without relevant context and quotes * No blatant statements of bigotry * No posts that 'bait' users into breaking other rules * Zero tolerance for posts/comments that sexualize minors * Zero tolerance for posts/comments that encourage suicide [The full rule can be viewed here](https://www.reddit.com/r/askreddit/wiki/index#wiki_-rule_8-)

Common violation trigger: Rule 8 - Be respectful to other users at all times and conduct your behaviour in a civil manner

Rule 9 - No image only replies or large ascii art

* Comment replies must consist of more than just an image or link * No ASCII/emoji images over one line [The full rule can be viewed here](https://www.reddit.com/r/askreddit/wiki/index#wiki_-rule_9-)

Common violation trigger: Rule 9 - No image only replies or large ascii art

Rule 10 - Harmful Misinformation

* Do not downplay the effects of a medical crisis * Do not undermine the efficacy of vaccines where there is widespread agreement among the medical and scientific communities * Do not encourage illegal activity * Do not encourage delayed medical treatment [The full rule can be viewed here](https://www.reddit.com/r/askreddit/wiki/index#wiki_-harmful_misinformation-)

Common violation trigger: Rule 10 - Harmful Misinformation

Rule 11 - No spam, machine generated content or karma farming

* Do not post spam * Do not edit comments to mislead and/or advertise * Do not farm karma or shotgun comments * Bots are not allowed in r/AskReddit [The full rule can be viewed here](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/wiki/index#wiki_-rule_11-)

Common violation trigger: Rule 11 - No spam, machine generated content or karma farming

Rule 12 - All content must be written in English

* All content must be written in English so that it is widely understood by the user base of the sub. * Posts not in English will be removed. * Comments not in English may be removed. [The full rule can be viewed here](https://www.reddit.com/r/askreddit/wiki/index#wiki_-rule_12-)

Common violation trigger: Rule 12 - All content must be written in English