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r/roanoke PUBLIC
Subreddit for the Roanoke, Virginia metro.
Marketing Summary
r/roanoke is a PUBLIC community on Reddit with over 38,571 members. It currently has a negative sentiment with an engagement rate of 7.7%. With a community friendliness score of 30, this subreddit presents a high conversion potential for authentic brand participation. Strict rules against self-promotion are in place, so marketing should focus strictly on value-driven community engagement.
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Subreddit Rules
- Hate Speech, Bigotry, and Demeaning Language: - Promoting hate based on identity or vulnerability is strictly prohibited by Reddit sitewide rules. Hateful, discriminatory or demeaning language will not be tolerated, any infraction will result in a perma-ban
- - The use of coded language to promote hate based on identity or vulnerability ("dog whistles") is also prohibited.
- - Promoting or defending the work of a hate group will not be tolerated.
- Location: - Posts should be relevant to Roanoke City, Roanoke County and/or Salem. This can also include surrounding areas to the county but is up to mod discretion
- - This is not NextDoor. Avoid hyper-local news or issues – submissions should generally be of interest to people across the City, County and/or region.
- Civility: - All users should follow basic reddiquette.
- - Personal attacks and insulting and mean-spirited comments directed other users are prohibited.
- - Sharing personal information about another user without their consent ("doxxing") is prohibited by Reddit's site-wide rules.
- - Don't make bad-faith posts or comments designed to provoke or anger people ("trolling").
- - Threats, harassment and bullying of any kind are strictly prohibited.
- Audience: - Submissions should be relevant to many people, and personal requests are strongly discouraged.
- - Emergency exceptions, including posts about lost pets, can be made subject to the discretion of the moderators.
- - Posts about missing persons require proof from a legitimate news or law enforcement source.
- - “Venting” posts: “This incident happened to me” or “To the person who:” are subject to removal
- Advertising and Self-Promotion: - No advertising, self-promotion, or ‘looking for work’ posts. Exceptions can be made for occasional submissions from local artists, makers, small businesses, and non-profits sharing or discussing their work/event.
- - Affiliate links are not allowed. Companies looking to advertise to /r/Roanoke can purchase targeted advertising through Reddit.
- - No buying or selling, please use other services such as Craigslist or Facebook Marketplace
- Repeat Post: - Submissions should not be identical or extremely similar to content posted in the last 6 months. We encourage you to search the subreddit and Wiki for a topic before posting about it.
- Titles: - Submission titles should give users a clear idea of what the post or link is about
- all caps or exaggerated punctuation
- - Links to news articles should generally have the original headline of the article. Don't editorialize submission titles – put your opinion in the comments. Adding to or changing original titles for clarification is allowed.
- Acceptable Content: - No explicit or inappropriate images, videos or text. Limited exceptions are allowed only when part of legitimate news coverage.
- - Illegal content or posts soliciting or facilitating illegal transactions is against Reddit sitewide rules
- - Solicitation or seeking of Drugs & Alcohol are not allowed
- - Requests for, or posting, someones identification (“doxxing”) are prohibited outside of emergency situations
- - “Call Out” posts
- - Removals are at Mod discretion and not limited to those above.
- Low Effort / AI / Karma Farming: - No Low Effort or Karma farming posts.
- - Do not request upvotes or downvotes in post titles or comments.
- - Don't complain about being downvoted or the karma on your post or comment.
- - No AI Slop
- Local Politics Only: - Political posts should pertain to the local Roanoke area.
- - Organizing posts are allowed (rally/protest), as is coverage of a rally, protest, and/or political event
- - Posts about political events, votes, decisions must have a direct impact to the Roanoke area.
- - General posts criticizing National politics or political figures are not allowed and should be directed to r/Politics or a similar sub-reddit.
What is r/roanoke?
r/roanoke is a public Reddit community created in November 2010 with over 38,571 members. Subreddit for the Roanoke, Virginia metro.
The community has a negative sentiment and an engagement rate of 7.7%. With a friendliness score of 30, it is considered very welcoming to new members.
Self-promotion is not allowed, so marketing efforts should focus on providing genuine value to the community.
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