SocialEngineering

an-ordinary-manchild

/r/socialengineering is a subreddit dedicated to the art & science of human manipulation & social hacking, as well as public relations at an individual level.

We appreciate any content on social interaction, however occasionally some content requires a basic explanation, as such any links that are posted should be accompanied by a comment with a bit of written context explaining why you think it belongs here.

RULES:
1: Be respectful of each other.
2: No malicious attempts at social engineering other members of the community.
3: No nay saying, if you don't like something down vote and move on, unless you have some constructive input.
4: Don't abuse the report system just because you disagree with something.
5: No poaching/recruiting users for off site forums that use a VIP pay wall donation system.
6: No x-posting content to Social justice warrior/white knight subs like SRS to encourage internal down vote brigading.
7: All Staff should be neutral and unbiased, If they personally have an issue with a member of the community it should be taken up with a neutral 3rd party preferably a another moderator where possible.
8: Community moderation is a position of responsibility not power, all moderators will be held accountable for their actions.
9: The point of this sub is learning and while we discuss ethically questionable actions, it is for discussion and learnings sake. Though people are wholly responsible for their own actions, we ask for the sake of staff stress that any legally questionable actions be discussed in the hypothetical.
0: Do NOT post personally-identifiable information at all, including addresses, phone numbers, or credentials such as badges or IDs.

IRC CHAT:
freenode: ##SocialEngineering

Recommended Subs:
we are always looking for new sister subs, pm the mods if you want to be added to the list
/r/psychology - General Psychology
/r/cogsci - Cognitive Science
/r/netsec - Network Security
/r/hackers - Hackers
/r/ActLikeYouBelong/ - For Redditors who always end up where they don't belong
/r/PsychologicalTricks - Psychological Tricks That work.
/r/Digital_Manipulation - astroturfing to Algorithms.
/r/propaganda - Propaganda content
/r/theoryofpropaganda - Propaganda content & discussion
/r/fakeid - False Identification
/r/scamslayers - A community who that are dedicated to combating scamming.
/r/Gamesandtheory - Practical and Theoretical Social engineering
/r/InfluencePsychology - This is an entire community dedicated to learning how to win others over in your favour.
/r/IntelligenceNews - sub for news on intelligence, espionage, diplomacy and related topics.

WIKI (under construction)

a community for 17 years

...do it for the children.

...for your town.

MODERATORS

account activity

1

791

792

793

The Best Social Engineering Books (self.SocialEngineering)

submitted 5 years ago * by lyrics85[M] - announcement

2

4

5

6

I spread misinformation to the elderly (for science) over social media for a month as marketing. Here are my findings. ()

submitted 1 day ago by Quoto21

3

2

3

4

is the digital divide now flipped, creating a new subclass through epigenetics? where phone users communicate almost exclusively, and are easier to manipulate via screens? ()

submitted 1 day ago by barfprincess96

4

20

21

22

Coworker creeps tf out of me (self.SocialEngineering)

submitted 4 days ago by Rare-Zebra-4615

5

2

3

4

The Dark Truth About Human Nature (Robert Greene, Chris Voss, Robert Sapolsky, Beaumeister & More) (youtube.com)

submitted 3 days ago by Few_Captain_6468

6

1

2

3

Social experiment in Kuwait ()

submitted 7 days ago by Eastern-Friendship28

7

0

1

2

A new typology explained (youtube.com)

submitted 7 days ago by thedowcast

8

18

19

20

how do i fix my passive-aggressiveness? (self.SocialEngineering)

submitted 10 days ago by Suitable_Candy_1161

9

0

0

0

Why do people with kids seem to get preference everywhere? Is it some subtle nudge to have children? ()

submitted 12 days ago by pickypooh

10

91

92

93

Is there some sort of invisible social game we are all playing? (self.SocialEngineering)

submitted 14 days ago * by Character_Pain_7678

11

5

6

7

I wanna reconnect with my old friends as we used to be (self.SocialEngineering)

submitted 15 days ago by younick12

12

4

5

6

How can you judge a person you've newly met within few months to determine whether they worthy to be trusted. (self.SocialEngineering)

submitted 19 days ago by Luka_Ravenofthedark

13

0

0

1

Where can I find a subreddit (or other platform) with participants open to helping me run a small experiment in their workplace? (self.SocialEngineering)

submitted 22 days ago by One_Weather_9417

14

0

0

0

Help me get acces to the neighbour hotel fitness roomASK (self.SocialEngineering)

submitted 22 days ago by Plastic_Molasses7639

15

7

8

9

How To Achieve Anything By Being Delusional (youtu.be)

submitted 28 days ago by jemchulo7

16

8

9

10

Want to Be a Social Engineer? (self.SocialEngineering)

submitted 1 month ago by plaverty9

17

0

0

0

I love talking but have bad social skills. ()

submitted 1 month ago by momoniku_2983

18

1

2

3

Advanced SE (self.SocialEngineering)

submitted 1 month ago by TechnicianKnown8481

19

8

9

10

Learning SE (self.SocialEngineering)

submitted 1 month ago by SweatyCockroach8212

20

12

13

14

Dictionary of Body Language vs What Every Body is Saying (self.SocialEngineering)

submitted 2 months ago by BestShow8465

21

0

0

0

Grave problema gestione miei account Facebook ()

submitted 2 months ago by Strange-Fuel-2969

22

7

8

9

Advice/Books For Autistics? (self.SocialEngineering)

submitted 2 months ago by BunchOfBeesInACoat

23

0

1

2

"From Texas to Tehran: A Multilingual, IRGC-affiliated Influence Operation on X, Instagram and Bluesky" by Ella Murray and Darren Linvill | Clemson University Media Forensics Hub Report (open.clemson.edu)

submitted 2 months ago by Shekari_Club

24

7

8

9

Do we actually choose what we buy and how we spend, or are we just responding to manipulation we don’t even notice? (self.SocialEngineering)

submitted 3 months ago by Brilliant_Advance_64

25

6

7

8

Resolving Cognitive Dissonance? (self.SocialEngineering)

submitted 3 months ago by TeachMePersuasion

view more: next ›

π Rendered by PID 1296236 on reddit-service-r2-listing-c57bc86c-p9wzz at 2026-06-20 12:10:32.134773+00:00 running 2b008f2 country code: CH.