Can you promote in r/asknetsec?
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The short answer
Only reply when directly answering a specific infosec question; be transparent about your affiliation, focus on helpful technical content, and avoid promotion, links, or solicitations unless asked by the OP or allowed by mods.
What works here
- Answer technical questions relevant to infosec
- Respond to product-specific questions if you are a representative and disclose affiliation
- Provide expertise and troubleshooting with thorough, non-promotional detail
What gets posts removed
- Unsolicited promotional posts, launches, or demos
- Repeatedly posting the same content or linking to products (spam)
- Offering services, referrals, affiliate links, or recruiting customers without permission
Where this comes from
View the current official rules on RedditNo spam / no self-promotion
Rules explicitly ban spam, excessive self-showcasing, low-quality blogs/videos, referral/affiliate links, and offering services.
Representative exception with disclosure
If someone asks about a specific product/service and you are a direct representative, you may respond provided you clearly identify yourself.
No solicitation/offering services
Sidebar and rules state 'Do not ask for or offer services', limiting lead generation and recruitment.
Content must be a question and relevant
All posts must be specific, answerable questions relevant to information security, so unsolicited pitches won't fit the required post format.
Official rules of r/asknetsec
- 01All submissions must be in the form of a question
- 02All submissions must be relevant to information security
- 03Questions about possible or confirmed incidents must contain sanitized technical evidence
- 04No low effort questions
- 05Be civil and professional
- 06Do not ask for assistance in committing a crime, encourage crime, or offer criminal services
- 07Don't spam or excessively showcase your own content. No referral or affiliate links
- 08No questions about password managers
- 09No questions about Career Advice, homework, or beginner questions.
- 10No low effort posts
- 11No posts asking about being hacked
Based on the community’s official rules, analyzed July 21, 2026. Rules change; the official rules page is always the source of truth.
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