r/informatik rules, stats, and what to post

This is the German language home for computer science on Reddit. The description says it covers Informatik and the Informatik-Studium, and it calls itself the German equivalent of r/compsci. That means the people posting here are computer science students, researchers, and people working in the field, and they talk in German. The rules make the scope clear. Questions about the subject of computer science are welcome, whether they come from university, research, or the working world. Questions about buying laptops, fixing phones, or installing software are not welcome, because the rules say those have nothing to do with computer science. General questions about switching careers, studying, or salaries are also moved out to a separate subreddit called r/InformatikKarriere. So this is a room for the academic and professional substance of computer science, not for consumer tech help and not for career counseling.

The rule that decides everything for a marketer is “Werbung nur nach Absprache”, which says advertising for events and similar is only allowed after you talk to the mods first, so any promo post without prior approval is off limits. “Spam” backs that up with the harshest wording in the list, spam posts get deleted without comment, so you may never even learn why your post vanished. “Fragen zu den Themen der Informatik” defines the on topic zone as the field of computer science in study, research, or professional life, and it explicitly lists things like laptop buying questions and broken phones as not belonging here. “Keine Fragen zu Kaufberatung für Hardware” repeats that hardware buying advice has nothing to do with computer science and points to other subreddits for it. “"Low Effort" Beiträge” warns that low quality posts get deleted, with the example of a cry for help on a task that comes with little or no context. “Allgemeine Fragen zum Quereinstieg, Studium, oder Gehalt bitte ins Sub-Reddit r/InformatikKarriere” moves general career change, study, and salary questions to a separate subreddit. Finally “Hasskommentare und Beleidigungen” says hateful comments and insults are not tolerated and the users get banned, which matters if you ever reply to criticism of your product.

Think contribution first, promotion second, and promotion only with permission. A good post here is written in German, sits squarely inside computer science as a subject, and gives real substance. That could be a technical writeup about something you learned building software, a discussion of a computer science topic from research or professional practice, or a detailed question that shows your own thinking and context. If you want to mention an event or anything promotional, message the mods first and get their approval before you post, because that is what the advertising rule requires. Keep any career or salary angle out of this subreddit entirely and take it to r/InformatikKarriere instead. If you ask for help with anything, give plenty of context and detail, because thin posts get deleted as low effort.

The fastest way to get removed is posting advertising without asking the mods first, because the spam rule says those posts get deleted with no comment at all. Do not post hardware buying advice questions, do not post consumer tech support like a phone that will not turn on, and do not post questions about installing software, because the first rule names those as off topic. Do not drop a vague help post with no context, because the low effort rule deletes those. Do not ask general questions about career change, studying, or salaries, because those belong in r/InformatikKarriere. Never insult anyone or post hateful comments, because that gets users banned, not just their posts removed.

What stands out to me is how precisely the rules tell you where to go instead, with r/InformatikKarriere for career questions and named subreddits for hardware advice, which is a courtesy you rarely see. The “Werbung nur nach Absprache” rule is also a genuinely fair deal, because it does not ban promotion outright, it just asks you to talk to the mods first. I also noticed there are no observed top posts for this community yet, so I would treat the rules as the only map and start by reading what people discuss before posting anything. And since the whole room runs in German, I would write my post in German or I would not bother.