How worth is Reddit for promoting yourself?
TLDR
Reddit still works for promoting adult content, but it took me way longer to figure out than I expected. The karma grind feels useless until the day it suddenly isn't, and the spam you're seeing is a symptom, not the whole picture.
Is the karma grind actually worth the effort?
Yes, but not for the reason you think. Nobody buying your content cares about your karma score. What the grind does is force you to learn how Reddit actually works before you burn your best material. A year-old account with mixed activity and a few thousand karma gets treated completely differently than a fresh account that only posts promo links. Moderators can see account age, post history, and where you've been active, and they auto-approve or auto-ban based on that pattern.
The trick is to stop seeing karma farming as a toll booth. Spend the first few weeks genuinely participating in subs you actually enjoy, comment on things, build a history that looks like a person, not a billboard. Boring advice, but it's the difference between getting shadowbanned the moment you post and having your post actually stick.
Where are the real customers hiding under all that spam?
All those "first 70 to say yes get my nudes" posts? Those are mostly people spamming into the void, and almost none of them convert. Real buyers on Reddit don't live in the big general subs where everyone is shouting. They live in the comments, the niche communities, and the DMs that start from an actual conversation.
What consistently works for people I've talked to: pick two or three very specific niches instead of blasting every NSFW sub, show up consistently with actual content (teasers, not just "buy my stuff"), and respond to comments like a human being. Customers follow accounts that feel like a person with a personality. Also, Reddit is terrible as a终点 - it works best as a discovery layer that funnels people somewhere you actually control, like a paid platform profile or a live cam room.
Honestly, if instant interaction is your goal, live cam is still the closer. Reddit gets them curious; platforms like xlovecam get them to stay, chat, and spend, because the buyer sees you live rather than screenshotting a teaser and disappearing.
Is Reddit the right stage for you at all?
If you're patient, consistent, and okay with slow-burn growth, keep after it - the traffic is free and the buyers are real once you break through. If you need income this month, put your energy where the money moves faster: go live, build in one or two niches on Reddit as your funnel, and let a platform like xlovecam do the heavy lifting on conversion. What's your actual goal right now - fast income or a long-term brand? That answer should decide where you spend your next hour, not the karma counter.