jonathimer

Reddit Engagement

Name: Reddit Engagement
Author: jonathimer

Communication community Intermediate

SOURCE https://github.com/jonathimer/devmarketing-skills/tree/main/skills/reddit-engagement

Description

**Community engagement skill** — Engage developer subreddits without getting banned.

Installation

Installs to ~/.claude/skills/reddit-engagement/

Terminal

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jonathimer/devmarketing-skills /tmp/devmarketing-skills \
  && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills \
  && cp -r /tmp/devmarketing-skills/skills/reddit-engagement ~/.claude/skills/reddit-engagement

Clones the whole repository, because a skill folder can carry scripts and resources beside its SKILL.md.

Repository README

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reddit-engagement

**Community engagement skill** — Engage developer subreddits without getting banned.

What It Does

Guides you through authentic Reddit engagement: understanding subreddit rules, self-promotion limits, comment-first strategy, building reputation, and avoiding the behaviors that get you downvoted or banned.

When to Use

Planning to post in developer subreddits
Building presence before a launch
Answering questions where your tool is relevant
When you say "Reddit," "subreddit," "r/programming," or "self-promotion"

Quick Start

/reddit-engagement

I want to share my open source CLI tool on Reddit.
Which subreddits should I target and how do I approach
it without getting removed for self-promotion?

Key Sections

Subreddit Landscape — Traffic, culture, self-promo tolerance
Understanding Rules — How to check, common patterns
Comment-First Strategy — Why comments beat posts
What Gets Downvoted — Content and behaviors that fail
Building Reputation — The multi-month investment
Crossposting Strategy — When and how to do it right

Self-Promotion Tolerance

Tolerance	Subreddits	Strategy
Zero	r/programming, r/sysadmin	Comment only, never post your stuff
Showcase threads only	r/webdev (Showoff Saturday)	Wait for weekly threads
10:1 rule	Most technical subs	Heavy comment investment first
OSS friendly	r/selfhosted, r/opensource	Open source gets more leeway

Critical Rules

Do	Don't
Read subreddit rules first	Assume all subs are the same
Comment for weeks before posting	Post your stuff immediately
Disclose your affiliation	Pretend to be a random user
Accept criticism gracefully	Argue with critics or mods
Space out crossposting	Spam multiple subs at once