TFree tool
Will Reddit remove it?
Verdict
r/SaaS
99%
removal odds
Almost certainly removed
995 of 1,000 identical submissions get removed.
Likeliest to remove it: AutoModerator. Main trigger: Tracking parameters (utm_…) in a link.
- Gone within 1 min
- 92%
- Silent if removed
- 95%
- Half of removals by
- instantly
The gauntlet
1,000 identical submissions
Spam
293
Filters
2
AutoMod
646
Safety
0
Mods
51
Reports
3
Stays up
5
By system
Who would remove it
Spam filtersilent
29%
5 calls to action · catches 293 of 1,000
Mod-tool filterssilent
<1%
No karma in r/SaaS yet · catches 2 of 1,000
AutoModeratorsilent
92%
Tracking parameters (utm_…) in a link · catches 646 of 1,000
Reddit Safety
<1%
Admins and classifiers · catches 0 of 1,000
Moderators
87%
Links to your own domain · catches 51 of 1,000
Reports
33%
Links to your own domain · catches 3 of 1,000
Timing
When it would disappear
Most of the risk is at the moment you hit submit. A filtered comment looks normal to you, so check the thread while logged out.
Your text
What the filters see
Hover or tap a highlightSignals
What moves the number
Tracking parameters (utm_…) in a linkr/SaaS removes tracked links automatically.
+6 pts
5 calls to action“Check it out”, “DM me” and discount codes are AutoModerator keyword staples.
+3 pts
Links to your own domainThe core self-promotion pattern.
+2 pts
“I built / my product” framingDisclosing that you're the maker is honest, but it flags the comment as promotion.
+1 pts
Names your productModerators weigh this against your history in the community.
+1 pts
Contains a linkEvery link adds spam-filter weight.
+0.9 pts
Promoting where you haven't contributedModerators check your history in their community first.
+0.4 pts
No karma in r/SaaS yetCrowd Control and newcomer filters key off this.
+0.1 pts
Working in your favour
Substantial length
−0.2 pts
Asks a follow-up question
−0.1 pts
Several signals overlap here, so removing any one of them barely moves the total. The fixes show what happens when you change several.
Fixes
Biggest wins
Remove the linkLeave the URL out; people can find you from your profile.
99% → 58%
Strip the tracking parametersPost the clean URL without ?utm_….
99% → 94%
Don't name your productAnswer the question; let people ask.
99% → 94%
Cut the call to actionNo “check it out”, “DM me” or discount codes.
99% → 97%
Do the top 3 together
99% → 36%
HHow it works
Six systems. Your post has to pass all of them.
Reddit doesn’t remove content with one algorithm. A post meets a spam filter, the filters moderators switch on, the community’s AutoModerator, Reddit’s Safety team, the moderators themselves and its readers. The odds of staying up are the odds of getting past every one.
- 01
Spam filtersilent
Reddit's site-wide spam classifier. It weighs how much it trusts your account against links and promotional patterns. You still see a filtered comment as normal.
- 02
Mod-tool filterssilent
Filters Reddit builds and moderators switch on. The Reputation filter reads CQS; the Harassment filter reads tone; Crowd Control reads your standing in the community.
- 03
AutoModeratorsilent
Each community's own rules: account-age and karma minimums, contributor_quality rules, banned domains, keyword lists, title formats and minimum lengths.
- 04
Reddit Safety
Site-wide content policy: harassment, hate, violent speech, personal information, vote manipulation. Shows as [ Removed by Reddit ] and can bring a suspension.
- 05
Moderators
People applying the sidebar rules: self-promotion, low effort, AI-written text, civility, staying on topic.
- 06
Reports
Readers hit Report. Enough reports put it in front of a moderator, who usually removes it if a rule plausibly applies.
RWhat it reads
Who’s posting, where, and what it says.
- Account trust
- CQS, account age, karma, email verification and comment history. They drive the spam filter and the Reputation filter, and a High CQS skips many karma minimums.
- The community
- How strict it is, how it treats self-promotion, links and AI-written text, its likely account-age and karma minimums, and its title rules.
- Your words
- Link domains and tracking parameters, shorteners, promotional phrasing, calls to action, hostility, personal information, capitals, low effort and AI tells.
An estimate, not a promise. Reddit doesn’t publish how its filters work. The weights here are ours, built from Reddit’s documented safety filters and each community’s public rules, and they aren’t trained on removal data. Use the number to compare drafts and accounts, not as an exact probability.
Check after you post. Open the thread in a logged-out private window. If your comment isn’t there, it was filtered, even though it looks normal to you. More on why in Reddit’s Contributor Quality Score, explained.
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