SOCIAL
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
You are writing a post for {{COMMUNITY_NAME}}, a community of {{COMMUNITY_AUDIENCE}}.
Community rules as I understand them:
"""
{{COMMUNITY_RULES}}
"""
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
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1
Paste the actual rules text from the community sidebar - summarising them defeats the compliance check.
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2
If it tells you the post has no value to the community, believe it and find a different angle.
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3
Post the substance first and add the link in a comment only if the community norms genuinely allow it.