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r/friendshipadvice

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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.

Links

No explicit link policy. Default to no URL: link-plus-young-account is one of the most common automated removal patterns on Reddit.

What this community rewards

Dominant post formats: question, story, discussion

Headline = first‑person confession or direct question (e.g., “Did anyone else…”, “Am I the asshole…”, “If you stopped…?”). Posts are medium-length (few paragraphs), informal and vulnerable. Lead with your situation/feeling, include concrete examples, end with a clear question asking for advice or experiences. Upvoted: relatable, sincere, reflective stories and open questions; avoid anything that looks promotional, preachy, or flippant.

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/friendshipadvice's rules page before posting anything that matters.

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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.