r/thesidehustle

No Self-Promo

No self-promotion allowed. Build credibility through genuine engagement.

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r/thesidehustle is a discussion community — self-promotion is not permitted. Focus on contributing insights and building a reputation before considering any product mentions.

Tips for Founders

Do This

Participate genuinely in discussions — comment, ask questions, add value.
Build up your comment history in this community over time.

Avoid This

Post or link to your own product, service, or website.
Mention your project even indirectly in a promotional way.
Use DMs to pitch community members.

Self-Promotion Rules

Rules indicate self-promotion is generally not allowed.

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Community Rules

No advertising
Any content that is deemed to be being posted for the sole purpose of stealth advertising/monetization, referral link spam, mentorship, or trying to sell a course will be met with a removal. The poste
Stay on topic
Discuss platforms, topics, and ideas relevant to hustle culture, and don't try to detract or steer away from the conversation. Whether it be instigation, disagreements that turn into something more, o
No soliciting
If you are reported for contacting users outside of the subreddit (DMs/other social platforms) without asking, you will be banned and your content will be added to our filtering systems to prevent fut
Offers for work must be cleared
In order to promote or offer users to work (think r/beermoney or other similar online hustle subreddits that allow task based work), you MUST have these posts cleared through modmail to prevent malici
No discussing explicit topics unless it's flaired/on topic
While this subreddit is primarily SFW (safe-for-work), we do allow content or discussions surrounding sidehustle ideas that are adult content-related as long as they're not linking any platforms, NSFW
Comply with site-wide TOS
Any violations of Reddit's terms of service will result in a temporary or (more likely) permanent ban. We strictly adhere to those as we're not interested in having the community banned due to people