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r/hfy
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 · Use [OC]/Series flair for original fiction; serial chapters dominate—link to the first/previous chapter in the post.
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: story, showcase, discussion
Headline usually 'Title — Chapter N' or short evocative title; post original fiction (first- or third-person) as long-form chapters (hundreds to a few thousand words). Tone leans sci‑fi/military/heroic or pulpy humour. Top posts are well-edited serials with clear chapter numbering and links to prior/first; avoid low-effort one‑offs, blatant advertising, or link-dumps.
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/hfy'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.