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Reddit RulesDon't spam. | | | NOT OK: Submitting only links to your blog or personal website. | | | OK: Submitting links from a variety of sites and sources. | | | OK: Submitting links from your own site, talking with redditors in the comments, and also submitting cool stuff from other sites. | | | NOT OK: Posting the same comment repeatedly in multiple subreddits. | Don't ask for votes or engage in vote manipulation. | | | NOT OK: Buying votes or using services to vote. | | | OK: Sharing reddit links with your friends. | | | NOT OK: Sharing links with your friends or coworkers and asking them to vote. | | | NOT OK: Creating submissions such as "For every upvote I will ..." or "... please upvote this!", regardless of the cause. | Don't post personal information. | | | NOT OK: Posting a link to your friend's facebook profile. | | | OK: Posting your senator's publicly available contact information | | | NOT OK: Posting the full name, employer, or other real-life details of another redditor | | | OK: Posting a link to a public page maintained by a celebrity. | No child pornography or sexually suggestive content featuring minors. | Don't break the site or do anything that interferes with normal use of the site. | | | NOT OK: Creating programs that request information more than once every 2 seconds or violate any of our other API rules. | | | AWESOME: Responsibly reporting security issues to us. |
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Reddiquette Dos - GeneralDo adhere to the same standards of behavior online that you follow in real life. | Do when talking to someone you might want to ask yourself "Would I say it to the person's face?" | Do read the reddiquette. Read it again every once in a while. | Do moderate based on quality, not opinion. | Do use proper grammar and spelling. | Do vote. | Do consider posting constructive criticism / an explanation when you downvote something. | Do report any spam you find. | Do browse the new submissions page and vote on it. | Do actually read an article before you vote on it. | Do state your reason for any editing of posts. | Do use an "Innocent until proven guilty" mentality. |
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Reddiquette Don'ts - SubmissionsDon't use the word "BREAKING" or other time sensitive words in your submissions. | Don't post hoaxes. | Don't flood reddit with a lot of stories in a short span of time. | Don't write titles in ALL CAPS. | Don't editorialize or sensationalize your submission title. | Don't linkjack stories: linking to stories via blog posts that add nothing extra. | Don't use link shorteners to post your content. |
Reddiquette Don'ts - CommentsDon't make comments that lack content. | Don't announce your vote. | Don't complain about other users reposting/rehosting stories, images, videos, or any other content. | Don't complain about the votes you do or do not receive. | Don't complain about reposts. Just because you have seen it before doesn't mean everyone has. | Don't complain about cross posts. |
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