Reddit rules index · read 2026-10-05
Can you promote on r/SecurityCareerAdvice?
Self-promotion restricted Its rules restrict self-promotion. Posts that promote your own work are likely to be removed.
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What its rules say about promotion
Refrain from self-promotion or advertising.
Unless you have been given approval by the mod team to self-promote something that will benefit this community or is related to this community, do not advertise.
All 6 rules of r/SecurityCareerAdvice
- Posts should be related to careers in the infosec/cybersecurity industry.
All posts in r/SecurityCareerAdvice must be related to cybersecurity careers. Non-related questions pertaining to other industries or cybersecurity help should go elsewhere. - Posts should show research within the topic, effort, and thought.
Before posting, the post author should make an effort to do their own research, search the subreddit, and provide details as part of their question. Low effort questions or posts will be removed. If you can't do your own research, you're going to struggle hard. - Keep it civil and constructive.
Let's work on maintaining a positive environment and actually providing resourceful input without dunking on each other. - Posts must contain a question or foster discussion.
Posts in r/SecurityCareerAdvice should either contain a question, or contain substantial content worthy of discussion. No non-relevant stories, links without context, or one-liners are allowed. - Refrain from self-promotion or advertising.
Unless you have been given approval by the mod team to self-promote something that will benefit this community or is related to this community, do not advertise. - Do not give out personal information (PII).
Think about your OPSEC.
What the written rules don't show
- Unpublished minimums. Many communities remove posts from new or low-karma accounts through AutoModerator settings that are not on the rules page, often before a moderator sees them.
- Reddit's own filters. Reddit's site-wide spam filters can remove posts from accounts that mostly share links to their own site, in any community.
- The community's norms. Many communities see themselves as peers, not an audience: post where you already take part, and make the post worth reading without the link.
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