Subreddit rules check
r/backend
Can you promote here?
Promotion is allowed only with moderator permission (or inside designated threads). A short, honest modmail before posting costs two minutes and functions as a safe-conduct pass; skipping it is the most common avoidable removal.
From the rules · Promotional posts and advertisements are removed — ask the moderators before posting your product or linking to it.
Links
No explicit link policy. Default to no URL: link-plus-young-account is one of the most common automated removal patterns on Reddit.
What this community rewards
Dominant post formats: guide, discussion, news
Headline: state the tech + concrete problem/solution (e.g., “How I reduced API latency 40% with connection pooling”). Use first-person for case studies or neutral how-to voice. Typical length: short-to-mid technical posts (brief posts or 300–1,200 word guides). Tone: professional, practical, data-driven. Upvotes favor concrete tips, benchmarks, code/config snippets; removed content: job ads, blatant promotion, off-topic threads.
Arriving in the local format matters: cross-posting the same text everywhere reads as tourist instantly. The wider method is in the Reddit playbook.
Classified mechanically from the community's published rules and recent top posts, last checked July 2026. Rules change and moderators have the final say: verify at r/backend's rules page before posting anything that matters.
Thread Otter checks this before every send
These profiles power the product: promo-banned communities never receive a promotional draft, drafts arrive in the local format, and a fact-check gate plus human pacing protect the account doing the talking.