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r/cfa
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 · Do not post actual exam questions or old CFAI mocks; memes and attempts to redirect conversations to external forums are banned.
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: discussion, story, question
Headline: short, specific (e.g., ‘My Level II journey’ or ‘Is this calculator okay?’). Write in first-person for study stories; keep posts a few paragraphs (concise but substantive). Tone: supportive, calm, practical. Upvoted: detailed study experiences, actionable tips, morale posts, local meetups. Removed/downvoted: memes, exam question dumps, redirecting readers to other forums, aggressive or anxious tones.
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 August 2026. Rules change and moderators have the final say: verify at r/cfa's rules page before posting anything that matters.
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