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r/budgetfood is a PUBLIC community on Reddit with over 2,984,615 members. It currently has a positive sentiment with an engagement rate of 0.1%. With a community friendliness score of 80, this subreddit presents a low conversion potential for authentic brand participation. Self-promotion is generally allowed according to recent analysis.
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Subreddit Rules
- Include a recipe, not just a link: You must include a full recipe in either the comments, or in the post body. Commenting just a blog link is not allowed, you must post the full recipe (ingredients list and instructions). If you do not post a recipe, your post will be removed.
- No food safety questions or health claims: We are here for recipes for meals or snacks made on a budget. If you are questioning if something is safe to eat or not, don't eat it. When in doubt, throw it out.
- We also do not allow any claims (positive or negative) regarding the healthiness of food. We are not nutritionists, or doctors. We are only here to try and help people find cheap meals to make. Fed is best.
- Recipe Test Flair Is only for Recipes from this subreddit: Recipe Test flair is only for testing recipes that come from within this subreddit. All Recipe Test posts must include a link back to the post that the recipe came from.
- Posts using this flair for a recipe that didn't come from another post in the subreddit will be removed.
- Hauls must include Location and Cost: All Haul posts must at a minimum include a comment with location and cost. Additional detail such as information about what was purchased, any deals, sales, seasonal produce availability, or couponing tactics employed, and what recipes you plan on making with is appreciated, but not required.
- Recipe Request Rules: All recipe requests must include a budget with them. (e.x. I have $10 for the next 3 days, what are some recipes I could make?)
- Recipe Requests are also not for seeking recipes for specific ingredients, that is for r/whatshouldicook. Those posts will also be removed.
- Asking for healthy recipes is also not allowed. This goes back to rule 2. We are not a health based subreddit, for healthy options, please check out r/eatcheapandhealthy
- No inappropriate content, low effort, spam, karma farming or solicitation: Mods reserve the right to remove posts that seem spammy (this includes cross-post spam), low effort, referral links, inappropriate content, appear to be farming karma or appear to be solicitation.
- This includes postings ads for a blog/youtube channel, posting memes, simple recipes that do not need recipes, or anything similar. Mods reserve the right to decide when and how to enforce this rule.
- No unnecessary rudeness, threats, or political discussion: Any form of rudeness, vulgarity, threats, or political discussion is not allowed on this subreddit. There are ways you can talk about how you feel about something without being rude or bringing up politics.
- Examples of rule breaking behavior: "This looks like vomit" "Well, blame who you voted for"
- No Gatekeeping: Any form of gatekeeping in this community is strictly forbidden
- one should be told they aren't poor enough for our subreddit. Everyone has a different budget, lives in a different location, and what may be budget for one person, may be incredibly expensive for another.
- Follow Reddit rules: You must fully abide by the Reddit rules, posts that break site rules must be removed.
- No AI: The use of AI on this subreddit is strictly forbidden. This includes AI generated images, recipes, or discussing how to use AI to write recipes. If you are openly admitting to , it is obvious, or if it can be proven that you're using AI to write everything for you, your posts and/or comments will be removed. If you continue to post AI generated content, you will be banned for continued rule breaking behavior.
What is r/budgetfood?
r/budgetfood is a public Reddit community created in May 2011 with over 2,984,615 members. Food on a Budget
The community has a positive sentiment and an engagement rate of 0.1%. With a friendliness score of 80, it is considered very welcoming to new members.
Self-promotion is generally allowed, making it a potential opportunity for authentic brand participation.
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