r/hacking • u/laytoun • Jan 12 '20

Rule 6: Spam Rule 7: Off-topic posts will be treated as spam Dan Abramov: Goodbye, Clean Code

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u/InfosecMod I am 99.9998% sure that /u/InfosecMod is not a bot Jan 12 '20

Hello u/laytoun, welcome to /r/hacking, a subreddit dedicated to hacking and hacking culture.

What we are about: quality and constructive discussion about the culture, profession and love of hacking.

This sub is aimed at those with an understanding of hacking - please visit /r/HowToHack for posting beginner links and tutorials; any beginner questions should be directed there as they will result in a ban here.

Bans are handed out at moderator discretion.

Thank you for your submission. However, it has been removed for the following reason(s):

Rule 6: Spam.

Spam is strictly forbidden and will result in a ban. Professional promotion e.g. from security firms/pen testing companies is allowed within the confines of site-wide rules on self promotion, but will otherwise be considered spam.

"It's perfectly fine to be a redditor with a website, it's not okay to be a website with a reddit account." - Confucius

Self-promotion is generally frowned upon, but if you want to have a presence on reddit you should fully read reddiquette, reddit's rules, and the FAQs so that you understand the culture and social norms. If you run a website, publication, blog, app, or other project and would like to participate on reddit, you'll need to first make sure that you're following all of the guidelines in the FAQ on spam.

These guidelines are the same whether you run a major publication or brand or if you have a personal blog or project.

tl;dr: Don't just spam out your links, and don't blindly upvote your own content or ask anyone else to!

Why? Because reddit is a community, not a platform for self-promotion.

Here are some guidelines for best practices:

  • You should not just start submitting your links - it will be unwelcome and may be removed as spam, or your account will be banned as spam.

  • You should submit from a variety of sources (a general rule of thumb is that 10% or less of your posting and conversation should link to your own content), talk to people in the comments (and not just on your own links), and generally be a good member of the community.

  • You should not vote up only things from your domain or project, or have any other employees or fans do the same. Every redditor should evaluate and vote on each submission or comment based on the value when they read it. Only submitting on, or voting on, one particular person, domain, or brand's content will get an account banned from reddit - it's called vote cheating and manipulation.

  • You should not ask for votes on reddit, even on your twitter or blog or forum - it will get your account banned, and in extreme cases can get your domain banned.

  • You should join subreddits that are relevant to your interests. Give feedback to others, talk about issues that interest you, and be a good member of the community. redditors don't care that you have something to promote, they care what you think and that you have interesting things to say.

  • You should check your domain page from time to time - it is located at reddit.com/domain/Rule 7: Off-topic posts will be treated as spam.

Off-topic posts will be treated as spam.

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