r/Intelligence rules, stats, and what to post

This is a general purpose subreddit for news and discussions on everything related to intelligence and espionage. That means the people here come to read and talk about spying, intelligence work, and related news. The rules are short and broad, so the community leans on the description to define what belongs. If your post is not about intelligence or espionage, it does not belong here, plain and simple.

There are three rules here and every one of them can decide your fate. “Off-Topic” is the big one, because the description limits this community to intelligence and espionage, so anything outside that subject is at risk. “Spam” is the rule that matters most for a founder, since the survival tips say not to post spam or promotional content, and that is exactly the line a marketing-adjacent post walks. “Uncivil” matters less for promotion but still matters, because heated arguments about intelligence topics can pull you into trouble. Promotion policy, link policy, and AI content policy are unknown from the evidence, so I treat anything promotional as risky until proven otherwise.

A good post here is directly about intelligence or espionage, full stop. For a founder, that means your angle has to be genuine interest or genuine expertise in the subject, not a product pitch. Share news, start a discussion, or offer a thoughtful take on something happening in the intelligence world. If your work gives you real insight into topics like security, privacy, or intelligence analysis, and you can share it without asking for anything in return, that is the shape of a post that fits. Keep it civil and keep it on topic and you have done what the rules ask.

The fastest way to get removed is posting something off topic, because the whole community is scoped to intelligence and espionage. The second fastest is spam, and the survival tips call out promotional content directly, so a link that exists to sell something is in danger. Being uncivil gets you in trouble too, so keep disagreements respectful. Since promotion and link policies are unknown, do not assume any link is safe, especially one pointing at your own product.

This is one of the simplest rule sets I have seen, just three rules, and that tells me the community relies on people reading the room rather than a long list of bans. What I find interesting is that there are no observed top posts in our data for this community, so I would treat it as a place to listen first and post second. The description covers everything related to intelligence and espionage, which is broad, but broad does not mean anything goes. If your angle is privacy, security, or geopolitics adjacent to intelligence work, you have a real shot at a genuine conversation here.