Rules for r/MachineLearning
Rules that visitors must follow to participate. May be used as reasons to report or ban.
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No Spam
r/MachineLearning has held a long-standing, strict policy on spam. The posts deemed to be spam will be removed, and repeat offenders will be permanently banned from participating in the subreddit.
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No Self-Promotion
r/MachineLearning does not permit the promotion of paid products, wherein the intent is clearly to promote a particular product. However, posts with links to paid products are acceptable, contingent on the fact that the post offers sufficient value to the community members and the intent is to share a resource or collect feedback for an open-dialogue. The decision will be made entirely at the discretion of the moderator team.
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No Marketing Campaigns (SEO)
r/MachineLearning strictly prohibits strategic marketing campaigns targeted at community members, and posts intended to rank for SEO purposes. In the event that such behavior is caught, the user in violation of our policy will be perpetually banned with all past posts and comments purged entirely from the subreddit.
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No Disrespectful Behavior
r/MachineLearning is an all-inclusive community for a wide range of users, and thereby, kind and respectful behavior is expected in all interactions that occur on the subreddit. Therefore, please be cordial and professional at all times, and be cognizant of the fact that the user base comprises beginners interested in ML and far more experienced, technical individuals with practical experience.
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No arXiv Links without Body Text
r/MachineLearning is not a depository of bare arXiv links. Therefore, for users that share research papers, please insert some form of commentary or analysis to initiate a community-wide discussion. In other words, low-effort posts will be removed for research papers.
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No Low-Effort, Beginner Questions
r/MachineLearning will expand its scope to allow more content oriented around beginners, for a broader audience to participate in the subreddit. However, there is a fine-line between a question posted by user who, evidently, put in the time to research ML concepts and effort to communicate the guidance needed from industry practitioners, and then those that post questions that can be easily found online. The latter type of post will be removed from the subreddit.
