r/google rules, stats, and what to post

This community is for news, announcements, and discussions from and about Google and related topics. That means the people posting here are following Google as a company and as a maker of products, and they come to read updates, share announcements, and talk about what Google is doing. The rules make clear the room is not for individual help requests, memes, referral codes, or anything unrelated to Google. If your post is a genuine discussion about a Google product, a Google announcement, or Google related news, it fits the description.

The rule that decides most marketing posts here is “No Referrals/Discount codes”, because it bans referral and discount codes for Pixel phones and any other Google products, so a promo code in your post is an instant removal. “No shilling/Conspiracy theories” matters too, since overly hyped comments that read as shilling get flagged. “Has nothing to do with Google” removes anything off topic, so your post has to genuinely connect to Google. “No support questions” sends individual help to the support MegaThread, which matters if you want to answer questions about your own product. The general frame is “Follow site-wide rules”, which points to Reddit's spam and self promotion rules, and “Don't be rude” keeps the tone civil.

A good post here is a genuine discussion or a piece of news about Google. If you are a founder, the safe shape is a text post that starts a real conversation about a Google product or a Google announcement, written like a user of that product and not like a promoter. Asking the community a sincere question about how people use a Google tool, or sharing an observation about a Google change and asking what others think, fits the description of discussions and news. If your product connects to a Google product, keep the focus on the Google side and the discussion, and leave out any discount code, referral link, or sales pitch. If you want to help individual users, do it inside the support MegaThread rather than as its own post.

The fastest removals come from the promotion adjacent rules. “No Referrals/Discount codes” bans sharing any referral or discount code, and the rule text calls out Pixel phones and any other Google products, so do not share your code here. “No shilling/Conspiracy theories” means avoid shilling and making up theories, so do not post hype comments that sound like paid promotion. “No support questions” means individual help posts get removed unless they go in the support MegaThread. “No memes” removes meme posts. “Has nothing to do with Google” removes anything irrelevant to the community. On top of that, “Follow site-wide rules” points to Reddit's spam and self promotion rules, and “Don't be rude” expects you to follow reddiquette.

What stands out to me is how short the rule list is and how much of it is aimed at exactly the things marketers do by default, like dropping a discount code or asking for help in the main feed. The referral rule even calls out Pixel phones by name, which tells you people try it constantly. With no top posts observed yet, I would treat this as a room to read quietly first, then join a discussion that is already happening about Google.