moderators can do whatever they want, as long as they don't break site-wide content policy. https://reddit.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/205192355-What-do-I-do

moderators can do whatever they want, as long as they don't break site-wide content policy. https://reddit.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/205192355-What-do-I-do-if-I-have-an-issue-with-a-moderator- https://reddit.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/205192355-What-... You on the other hand are posting a link in light of the self-promotion guideline https://www.reddit.com/wiki/selfpromotion https://www.reddit.com/wiki/selfpromotion I'd avoid big subreddits like /r/technology if I were you and just post in niche subs.