r/programming Karma Requirements
300 combined karma + 60 day account age
Massive programming community. Strict quality bar — opinion posts and tutorials are usually removed.
Subscribers
6.5M
Comment karma
100
Post karma
100
Account age
60d
How to post successfully in r/programming
Tactical tips from active members of this community.
Only post truly novel technical content
Tutorials are almost always removed
Discussion of language features and runtime internals does well
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