Subreddit rules check
r/catfishing
Can you promote here?
Promotion is allowed only with moderator permission (or inside designated threads). A short, honest modmail before posting costs two minutes and functions as a safe-conduct pass; skipping it is the most common avoidable removal.
From the rules · Top posts regularly include YouTube and personal-site links; check with moderators before posting promotional links or services.
Links
The rules clearly allow links. A plain-text mention still often outperforms a URL from a young account.
What this community rewards
Dominant post formats: showcase, story, discussion
Short, punchy headlines (often starting with “Landed”, “Caught”, “PB”, or “I”), written in first person; post body is brief — a sentence or two with species, weight, location, and bait or a video link. Tone: informal, excited, proud. Upvoted: photos/videos and trip/catch reports (personal bests, big fish). Avoid off-topic posts and overt advertising—ask mods before promoting.
Arriving in the local format matters: cross-posting the same text everywhere reads as tourist instantly. The wider method is in the Reddit playbook.
Classified mechanically from the community's published rules and recent top posts, last checked October 2026. Rules change and moderators have the final say: verify at r/catfishing's rules page before posting anything that matters.
Thread Otter checks this before every send
These profiles power the product: promo-banned communities never receive a promotional draft, drafts arrive in the local format, and a fact-check gate plus human pacing protect the account doing the talking.