Subreddit rules check
r/journaling
Can you promote here?
The rules prohibit promoting your own product here. You can still be genuinely useful in comments (which builds the account standing every other community checks), but any promotional post or link is likely to be removed and can earn a community ban.
From the rules · Self-promotion (including app promotion) is strictly banned — even without links — and every post must focus on handwritten journaling (no apps, AI, stationery hauls, or planners).
Links
Only specific link types are allowed (docs, papers, non-commercial). Commercial links are removal bait.
What this community rewards
Dominant post formats: showcase, story, discussion
Headline: short, literal (e.g., “Finished my first journal!”). Post in first person with 1–3 sentence caption and a clear photo showing handwritten pages as the focus. Tone: honest, reflective, low-key. Upvoted: authentic milestones, process shots, relatable journaling struggles/questions. Removed: app/AI posts, self-promo/surveys, stationery hauls, bullet-journal/planner content.
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 July 2026. Rules change and moderators have the final say: verify at r/journaling'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.