r/swift rules, stats, and what to post

This community is for people who work with Swift, the general purpose programming language built around safety, performance, and software design patterns. The people posting here are developers who write Swift, people learning the language, and folks sharing news, questions, and original work related to it. The rules make the boundary very clear. Posts must be about the Swift programming language, and the community even spells out that Taylor Swift content is not welcome unless she becomes a Swift developer. If you are a founder building something with Swift, or marketing a tool that Swift developers would use, this is a room full of your exact audience, but only if you show up as a programmer first.

Four rules decide whether a marketing adjacent post survives here. “Rule I - Must be relevant to Swift” means your post has to be about the Swift programming language, not about your product in general. “Rule III - Must be an original source” means you link directly to the original source, no URL shorteners, no rehosting someone else's work. “Rule IV - Asking Questions” means you search before asking, and simple questions go in the monthly pinned thread titled “Got an easy question? Ask it here!”. “Rule V - Self Promotion” is the one that matters most if you have something to sell. Self promotion is only tolerated for people who contribute by answering questions and joining discussions, fewer than 5% of your posts and comments can be self promotion, and if you have fewer than 5 posts or comments on the sub, or your account is under 2 months old, self promotion is not allowed at all. “Rule II - Be Respectful” is the baseline for how you talk to people once you are here.

A good post here is about Swift itself. Share your own original work, like a library you wrote, an article you published on your own site, or a tool you built with Swift, and link straight to the source. If you want to mention something you made as a founder, the safest path is to first spend time answering questions and joining discussions, then post your work as a genuine contribution. If you have a simple question, the monthly pinned thread titled “Got an easy question? Ask it here!” is the right home for it. If you are hiring and want to post a job opening, include the name of the company and a salary range, because the rules say a job post without those will be removed.

Do not post about Taylor Swift, the rules are explicit that she is off topic unless she starts writing Swift code. Do not post promotional content unless you meet the contribution bar in “Rule V - Self Promotion”, and never promote if you have fewer than 5 posts or comments on the sub or your account is under 2 months old. Do not use URL shorteners, do not rehost or hotlink other people's work, and always submit the original source. Do not post a question without searching first, and do not post simple questions outside the monthly pinned thread. Do not post a job opening without the company name and a salary range. Never be abusive, discriminatory, or vulgar, because “Rule II - Be Respectful” says that is not tolerated.

The 5% self promotion cap and the 2 month account minimum are stricter than most programming subs, and I respect that, because it forces you to be a real member before you ask for anything. I also love that the first rule has to tell people, in writing, that Taylor Swift posts are not welcome. My honest read of the evidence is that this community rewards the slow path, answer questions for a couple of months, then share something you actually built with Swift.