LaunchWakeChannels / Where to launch a security product
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Where to launch a security product
Security communities are allergic to marketing. These are the venues that accept vendor posts — and the strict rules each enforces.
6 channels, safest first
Hacker News
front page · technical, skeptical, high reach
Low·Tue–Thu 8am ET
Hachyderm
Curated Mastodon instance of tech-industry professionals; strong SRE, infrastructure, and engineering presence.
Medium·Weekdays, 10am-1pm ET
Lobste.rs
invite-only · high-signal technical crowd
Medium·Invite only
r/devops
SRE / platform / infra engineers
Medium·Tue–Thu 9am ET
r/cybersecurity
~900k security professionals
High·Weekday mornings ET
r/netsec
~600k security researchers
High·Weekday mornings ET
Which of these actually fit YOUR product?
Paste your GitHub repo into the free Launch Checker and get a ranked plan — which of these channels fit your product, their ban risk, and how to post in each. No account needed.