r/technology rules, stats, and what to post

r/technology is a subreddit dedicated to the news and discussions about the creation and use of technology and its surrounding issues. The people posting here are readers who share technology news articles and talk about what those developments mean. This is a news-first community, not a place to pitch. Submissions are expected to be articles about technology, and self posts are only welcome when they contribute positively and foster reasonable discussion. If a topic touches business or politics, it still has to be framed through technology, either viewed from a technological standpoint or analysing the repercussions in the technological world.

The first gate is “Submissions must be about technology”. Your story has to be primarily news and developments about technology, and if it touches business or politics it has to be viewed from a technological standpoint or analyse the repercussions in the technological world. Next is “Titles must be taken directly from the article”, which means you cannot rewrite a headline to make it more clickable or add your own spin. Then “No Spam”, which is the rule that decides your fate as a founder: you cannot submit anything you have personally written or any project, website, or company you are affiliated with or represent, no exceptions. “No images, audio, or video” blocks posts where the text only exists to explain the media. “No technical support or help questions” and “No customer support or feedback” rule out help posts and customer service stories. “No petitions, surveys, studies, or crowdfunding” kills any post with a call to action. Finally, “Reposts” asks you to check the new queue so you do not duplicate something already posted, and “No directed abusive language” reminds you to keep the discussion civil.

A good post here is a link to a genuine technology news article, submitted with the title taken directly from that article. If you are a founder who wants a presence here, you participate as a reader and a commenter, not as a submitter of your own work. Share industry news you did not write, from a source you are not affiliated with, and keep your marketing voice out of the title entirely. If you have a self post idea, it needs to contribute positively to the community and foster reasonable discussion, and cross-post self posts are not acceptable. When a business story intersects with technology, make sure your framing is about the technology itself or the repercussions in the technological world.

The biggest risk here is self promotion. The “No Spam” rule bans anything you have personally written or any project, website, or company you are affiliated with or represent. So dropping your own article, your own site, or your employer's news is out. Altering a headline is the second trap, because “Titles must be taken directly from the article” forbids editorialization or changing the meaning. Media-only posts break “No images, audio, or video”. Asking for help breaks “No technical support or help questions”. Complaints about a company's customer service break “No customer support or feedback”. Surveys, petitions, studies, and crowdfunding break “No petitions, surveys, studies, or crowdfunding”. Posting an article that is already up breaks “Reposts”, so check the new queue first. And personal attacks, trolling, or bigotry break “No directed abusive language”.

The title rule is the one that jumps out at me. In most communities you tweak a headline for your audience, and here that is explicitly against the rules. And the No Spam rule, with its no exceptions line, makes this one of the clearest signals in my whole collection that this is a place to read and share, not to sell.