A source-backed Rankhog guide to r/SecOpsDaily: public rules, community context, posting fit, and startup-promotion risk before you publish.
By Anthony Riera, founder and operator of Rankhog.
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This community is for people who care about staying informed on the latest threat landscape. The description says it brings together individuals who want to learn, share insights, or be part of a group working towards a safer online world. So the room is a mix of security professionals and enthusiasts talking about threats, defense, and what is happening in the security world right now. The rules back that up. They call this a community of professionals and enthusiasts and a professional space, which tells you the tone should be serious and respectful. If you are a founder here, think of it as a place to join a conversation among people who take security seriously, not a place to announce what you sell.
Three rules decide whether a marketing adjacent post survives here. The first is “No Spam or Self-Promotion”, which says do not post links to your own products, paid services, or affiliate programs, and that direct advertising is strictly prohibited. The same rule gives one narrow opening: a personal project like a GitHub repo is allowed if it is relevant and you disclose your involvement. The second is “Be Respectful and Professional”, which bans personal attacks, harassment, and flaming, and asks you to critique the idea, not the person. The third is “Protect Privacy and PII”, which forbids posting personally identifiable information, private email threads, credentials, or leaked data from specific organizations. There is also “No NSFW Content”, which is easy to comply with but still worth knowing, since the community describes itself as a professional space.
A good post here is something a security professional would genuinely want to read or argue about. Share an insight about the threat landscape, ask a real question about how people handle a detection or response problem, or walk through something you learned the hard way. If you built something yourself, like an open source tool on GitHub, you can share it, but say plainly that you made it and keep it relevant to the discussion. Write like a peer, not a vendor. Plain text, safe for work, no customer data, no links to things you are selling. If your post gives the community something useful without asking for anything back, it fits.
The fastest way to get removed is linking your own product, paid service, or affiliate program, because direct advertising is strictly prohibited. Sharing a personal project without disclosing your involvement is the other common tripwire, so always state your role. Never post credentials, leaked data, private email threads, or anything that identifies people or organizations, since that breaks the privacy rule. Keep gore, explicit content, and heavy profanity out entirely. And if someone disagrees with you in the comments, argue the idea, not the person, because personal attacks and flaming are not tolerated.
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No, not if it is a product, paid service, or affiliate program. The rules prohibit direct advertising outright. The only exception is a personal project like a GitHub repo, and only if it is relevant to the discussion and you disclose your involvement.
Yes, if it is relevant to the community and you clearly disclose that you are involved with it. Say you built it, explain what it does, and invite discussion rather than just dropping a link.
Be careful. The privacy rule forbids posting personally identifiable information or data from specific organizations. Strip out anything that identifies a person or company, and remember that a case study promoting your own service counts as self promotion.
Links are allowed in general. The restriction is on links to your own products, paid services, or affiliate programs, and on anything that is not safe for work.
Disagreement is fine as long as you critique the idea and not the person. Personal attacks, harassment, or flaming other members will not be tolerated, so keep it professional even when you think someone is wrong.