r/degoogle rules, stats, and what to post

This community is for people who want to expel Google from their life. The description says it is where you find all the resources you need to do that. People here share how to degoogle, resources, tutorials, questions, and progress updates. The rules also mention r/CorpFree for people who want to avoid other privacy invading corporations, so the focus here stays on Google specifically.

The rule that decides everything for a founder is “Spam or Marketing”. It says project promotions belong in the Degoogle Showcase megathread, and if you are affiliated with a project you must prefix your comment with [DEV] so the mod team can vet it. Independent users sharing projects they found can post freely, and repeated promotion of the same product across the sub is not allowed. “No Affiliate Links” removes any post or comment with affiliate links, referral codes, or monetized URLs, so share clean links only. “Stay on Topic” keeps content limited to degoogle subjects like tutorials, resources, questions, and progress. “Low Effort” requires you to describe the research you did before asking the community a question. “Disclose AI Generated Content” means you must say so if your post or project includes AI generated code, content, or recommendations. “Avoid closed-source and centralized software” pushes the community toward libre and decentralized tools, which matters if your product is neither. “No First Party Google Hosted Links (AMP/Youtube/Google)” bans AMP and YouTube links, and “Don't post blacklisted links” bans x.com and medium.com with exceptions for genuine high quality posts. “Unfounded allegations & accusations are not allowed” requires proof and citations for any blanket statement, which is easy to trip when talking about big tech.

The safest useful post is a tutorial or resource that helps someone remove a Google product from their life, written from your own experience. If you built a tool, put it in the Degoogle Showcase megathread and prefix your comment with [DEV] so the mod team can vet it. If you want to ask a question, do real research first and describe what you tried, because the rules ask for that. Prefer libre and decentralized software in anything you recommend, and disclose any AI generated content in your post or project. Write posts with thought and care, since low quality content and memes fall under a removal rule.

Do not promote your project outside the Showcase megathread, and never repeat the same promotion across the sub. Do not post affiliate links, referral codes, or monetized URLs, and do not link to AMP pages, YouTube, x.com, or medium.com. Avoid closed source and centralized software recommendations. Do not make allegations about companies without proof or citations. Skip memes, low effort questions, duplicate posts, and any ROM questions outside the ROM megathread. Never post AI generated content without disclosing it.

The [DEV] prefix rule is the most honest self promotion policy I have seen on Reddit, because it puts your affiliation on the record and lets the mod team vet you before your comment goes live. I also like that the rules tell you the community is not a search engine, which is a fair ask from people who just left one. If your product is closed source or centralized, read the room before you post, because this community has an explicit rule against recommending that kind of software. My honest read is that this room rewards people who did the work first and punishes anyone who shows up to sell.