Can you promote in r/osinttools?
A place to share, discuss, request, OSINT (Open-Source Intelligence) tools!
The short answer
Provide a high-effort, clearly relevant, non-salesy contribution, disclose your affiliation, avoid promotional language and links unless explicitly allowed by context or moderators.
What works here
- sharing relevant tool updates or demos when clearly useful to the community
- answering requests for recommendations with factual, helpful guidance
- participating in discussions and demonstrating expertise before promoting
What gets posts removed
- posting blatant promotional/advertising content or duplicate/spam posts
- low-effort posts, recruitment/sales pitches, or anything illegal/unethical
- link-dropping without context or moderator approval
Where this comes from
View the current official rules on RedditRelevance requirement
Subreddit requires content to be about OSINT tools, so posts must be directly relevant to tools or tool usage.
No spam/duplicates
The rules explicitly disallow duplicate or spam content, which implies commercial posts that look like advertising could be removed.
Quality bar
No low-effort/low-quality content allowed, so vendor posts must provide value and detail rather than simple promotions.
Legal/ethical constraint
All content must be legal, ethical and moral, limiting any solicitations tied to questionable practices.
Community focus
Public description emphasizes sharing, discussing and requesting OSINT tools—favors helpful contributions over pure marketing.
Official rules of r/osinttools
- 01Follow Reddit’s Rules
- 02Keep it Relevant
- 03Keep it Legal, Ethical & Moral
- 04No Low Effort / Low Quality Content
- 05No Duplicate / Spam Content
- 06Be Respectful
Based on the community’s official rules, analyzed July 24, 2026. Rules change; the official rules page is always the source of truth.
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