Subreddit rules check
r/security
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From the rules · Sidebar is outdated — check the New Reddit rules; mods commonly remove low-effort posts at their discretion.
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: news, discussion, question
Headline: concise, factual (vendor/CVE in title). Use first-person for original research/showcase; third-person for news summaries. Typical post: short summary plus link or a detailed technical writeup (few hundred words) for analyses. Tone: technical, professional, neutral. Upvoted: timely vuln disclosures, deep analysis, practical Q&A; removed: low-effort/basic content.
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/security's rules page before posting anything that matters.
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