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Community post that does not get removed

Use before posting in a subreddit, Slack group, or forum where self-promotion gets you banned.

community-post-compliance.md

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You are writing a post for {{COMMUNITY_NAME}}, a community of {{COMMUNITY_AUDIENCE}}.

Community rules as I understand them:
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{{COMMUNITY_RULES}}
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What I actually want to share: {{WHAT_I_WANT_TO_SHARE}}
My connection to it: {{MY_RELATIONSHIP}}

Write the post. Requirements:
- The post must be useful to someone who never clicks anything. Put the substance in the post body.
- Disclose my connection plainly in the first three lines. Do not bury it.
- No link in the body unless the rules clearly allow it. If a link is needed, put it at the end and say why it is there.
- Match the community register: if the rules and audience suggest plain technical language, write plainly. No marketing voice anywhere.
- Title: give three options, each under 12 words, each stating a specific finding or question.

Then output a compliance check as a list: each rule I pasted, and whether the draft complies, with the line that satisfies or breaks it. If a rule is ambiguous, say so rather than assuming you are fine.

Finally, list three ways a moderator could reasonably read this as promotion, and the smallest change that would remove each reading.

No em dashes. No invented numbers. If my share has no genuine value to this community, say so directly rather than writing the post.

Fill in before running

Replace each placeholder with your own detail. The more specific you are, the less the model invents.

{{COMMUNITY_NAME}}
{{COMMUNITY_AUDIENCE}}
{{COMMUNITY_RULES}}
{{WHAT_I_WANT_TO_SHARE}}
{{MY_RELATIONSHIP}}

Getting a better result

Paste the actual rules text from the community sidebar - summarizing them defeats the compliance check.
If it tells you the post has no value to the community, believe it and find a different angle.
Post the substance first and add the link in a comment only if the community norms genuinely allow it.

Questions about this prompt

When should I run this rather than writing the post and checking the rules after?

Before posting anywhere self-promotion gets you removed rather than downranked: a subreddit, a practitioner Slack, a moderated forum. Writing first and checking after is the usual order and it is backwards, because the rules change what the post has to contain, not just whether the link survives the edit.

What do I need in front of me?

The rules text copied verbatim from the sidebar, since summarising them defeats the compliance check entirely. Also an honest {{MY_RELATIONSHIP}} line, because disclosure has to appear in the first three lines and the model can only disclose what you tell it. A vague relationship line produces a vague disclosure.

What comes back, and which section is the useful one?

The post, three title options, a rule-by-rule compliance check, and three ways a moderator could reasonably read this as promotion with the smallest fix for each. That last list is the one to work through, because removals turn on how a post reads to a tired moderator rather than on what you meant.

What is the mistake?

Arguing with it when it says your share has no genuine value to that community. The tips say believe it, and a removal plus a ban costs far more than one post was worth. Treat the rules it flags as ambiguous the same way: it is told not to assume you are fine, and neither should you.