The internet makes it supper easy for people to self promote. The problem is that everyone can self promote, and all of that self promotion turns into noise.

Communities and social media are sick of millions of people trying to promote themselves and have been for years, so they limit promotion. Some sites and communities have dedicated self promotion spaces, others ask you for a small fee to promote yourself through ads.

You can start r/selfpromotion or a dedicated Lemmy server on selfpromotion.space, but you won’t find an audience there.

You can easily self promote in online communities by posting relevant original content and adding a link below that. The you’ll just need to be lucky for your posts to gain popularity so you stand out from the millions of others trying to do the same.

Imagine what promoting your work was like back before the internet. You could probably get the neighbourhood to notice your work by talking to people, but you’ll ever reach anyone outside your general area without paying hand over fist for advertising. The internet brought you that power for free, at the cost of also bringing that power to everyone else fighting for attention.