r/Reverse
Know the rules before you post. So easy grandma can do it.
- To post
- No minimum in the rules
- To comment
- No minimum in the rules
- Self-promotion
- Not mentioned in the rules
- Links
- Allowed with conditions
- Post direct links to content. Blogs and websites that re-host or merely link to content that remains available on its original site are not allowed.
- Promo risk
- High
- From the rules, not from removal counts
- Community age
- 18 years
- Since Sep 2008
About r/ReverseEngineering
A source-backed Rankhog guide to r/ReverseEngineering: public rules, community context, posting fit, and startup-promotion risk before you publish.Checked from the r/ReverseEngineering rules on Reddit.
r/ReverseEngineering rules
4 rules, in the community's own words.
- 1
No question posts
Self-posts severely degraded the quality of this subreddit when they were enabled, so they have been disabled in favor of a weekly questions thread which is posted automatically by a robot. See also /r/AskReverseEngineering. If you want to start a discussion, you can try /r/RELounge
- 2
High quality technical content only
If it's not about reverse engineering or does not include any technical details, do not post it just because it "sounds interesting". Marketing fluff or non-technical content will be removed.
- 3
Link directly to source
When feasible, post direct links to content. Blogs and websites that re-host or merely link to content that was originally available on another site, and remains available on its original site, are not allowed. Domains that do not produce original content of their own and only exist to re-host content will be banned on the grounds of being spam.
- 4
Civilized discourse
When commenting, please discuss content and not presentation. This is a technical community, so pointing out technical flaws is certainly within the realm of discourse, but please try not to be an asshole when you do. Imagine yourself speaking your comment in a public place to the person's face when you write it. It would be tragic if needlessly negative commentary discouraged participation in the already-microscopic world of reverse engineering.
What to post in r/ReverseEngineering
What fits the room, and what gets removed.
Works well
- A direct link to your own original technical writeup, like a deep dive into how you analyzed a binary or unpacked a file format
- A link to original research with real technical detail, posted straight from the site that produced it
- A tool release or update framed as a technical walkthrough, showing the internals rather than the marketing pitch
- A question posted inside the automated weekly questions thread instead of the main feed
- A discussion started in /r/RELounge when it is more conversational than technical
Avoid
- Submitting a self-post with a question in it, because question posts are disabled and the weekly thread is the only home for them
- Posting a blog writeup that lives on your company site when the original content sits somewhere else, because re-hosting is not allowed
- Publishing a product announcement with no technical meat, because marketing fluff gets removed
- Sharing something loosely tech-adjacent that has nothing to do with reverse engineering, because off-topic posts are removed
- Writing a link that goes through your own domain instead of straight to the source, because indirect links are removed and spammy domains get banned
- Leaving a harsh or mocking comment on someone's work, because uncivil comments are removed
Best hours to post in r/ReverseEngineering
No pattern yet. r/ReverseEngineering does not have enough top posts from the last 90 days to name its best hours.
What r/ReverseEngineering Is For
This is a moderated community for all things reverse engineering. The rules make the bar clear: it is a place for high quality technical content, not casual chat. Because question posts are disabled, the main feed is for sharing real technical work, and questions live in a weekly questions thread run by a robot. There is also a separate community called /r/AskReverseEngineering for questions and /r/RELounge for starting discussions. The people here are technical, and the moderators say the reverse engineering world is already microscopic, so they protect the quality of the room closely.
Rules That Matter Before Posting
The rule that decides almost everything here is “No question posts”. Self-posts are disabled, and questions belong in the automated weekly questions thread or in /r/AskReverseEngineering. The second gate is “High quality technical content only”, which says anything without technical details about reverse engineering gets removed, and it names marketing fluff specifically. “Link directly to source” matters if you share content, because re-hosting blogs and domains that only re-host other sites' content are not allowed and can get banned as spam. “Civilized discourse” governs how you behave in the comments, so keep criticism technical and polite.
What To Post
A good post here is a direct link to original technical content about reverse engineering. If you write a deep technical breakdown, publish it on your own site and link straight to it, with no re-hosting in between. The content needs real technical details, like how something works, what you analyzed, or what you found. If you have a question instead, take it to the weekly questions thread. If you want to start a discussion rather than share content, the rules point you to /r/RELounge.
What To Avoid
Do not post questions as regular posts, because self-posts are disabled and the weekly thread is the only home for them. Do not post anything that sounds interesting but has no technical details, because the rules call that marketing fluff and it gets removed. Do not post links that re-host content from its original site, and do not run a domain that only exists to re-host other people's content, because those domains get banned as spam. Do not be harsh in comments, because the rules ask you to discuss content and not presentation, and to speak as if the person were standing in front of you.
A note from Anthony
The thing that jumps out at me is rule 1, which says question posts were disabled because they degraded quality, and everything now funnels into a weekly robot thread. That is a community that chose depth over convenience, and I respect it. If your work cannot survive a bar that high, the honest move is the weekly thread or /r/AskReverseEngineering, not the main feed.
By Anthony Riera, founder and operator of Rankhog. Every guide is built from the community's own public rules and data, then checked by Rankhog's grounding audit before it goes live.
Common questions about r/ReverseEngineering
What subreddits are similar to r/ReverseEngineering?
Subreddits like r/ReverseEngineering are r/programming, r/ProgrammerHumor, r/learnprogramming, r/webdev, r/mac, r/AskEngineers, r/javascript and r/gamedev.
Can I ask a question about my own product here?
No. Rule 1 disables question posts entirely, so your question belongs in the automated weekly questions thread or in /r/AskReverseEngineering.
Can I post a link to my company blog?
Only if it is genuinely technical content about reverse engineering and you link directly to the original source. Anything that reads as marketing fluff gets removed under “High quality technical content only”.
Is self-promotion allowed?
The rules do not state any promotion policy, so treat this as a place for technical content, not promotion.
What about AI-generated content?
The rules do not mention AI content either way, so the deciding factor is whether the post is technical and about reverse engineering.
Where do I go if my content does not fit?
The rules point question posts to /r/AskReverseEngineering and discussion to /r/RELounge.
Subreddits like r/ReverseEngineering
Other rooms for the same crowd.