DEV Community (dev.to) rules, fees and what gets you removed (2026)
checked 2026-10-08
Short answer. DEV Community (dev.to): A developer blogging site. Automation here is rated: careful, rules apply. The API can publish for you. What gets removed: AI-generated comments. Posts made mainly to promote or to get backlinks. Disclose AI assistance.
How it works
A developer blogging site. Posts can be written by AI only with disclosure, and AI-assisted posts must not promote any business, programme or course, including your own.
Who is there
Developers reading tutorials. AI-assisted posts that promote a business are not allowed.
Can you automate it?
Careful, rules apply. The API can publish for you. Say when an AI helped write it (a line in the article or the #ABotWroteThis tag) and read it first: unchecked AI posts get hidden.
Good habits
- Disclose AI assistance
- Teach something concrete
- Write comments yourself
What gets accounts or listings removed
- AI-generated comments
- Posts made mainly to promote or to get backlinks
What we saw ourselves
Our 12 articles got 4 reactions in total, but an answer engine cited them.
Sources
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