Subreddit rules check
r/lightningnetwork
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 · Be transparent about your affiliation when posting product or company announcements; the community expects technical detail over pure marketing.
Links
The rules clearly allow links. A plain-text mention still often outperforms a URL from a young account.
What this community rewards
Dominant post formats: showcase, discussion, question
Title: short, literal and descriptive (e.g. “We launched X”, “Looking for Y”, “Core Lightning operators: …”). Use first-person for projects/questions. Post length: short-to-medium with technical detail and links to repos/docs. Tone: technical, candid, helpful. Upvoted: useful tools, open-source releases, operational guides and clear questions; downvoted: vague marketing or low-effort promos.
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 October 2026. Rules change and moderators have the final say: verify at r/lightningnetwork'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.