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r/lucyletby
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 the weekly AutoModerator discussion threads for general chat; moderators expect sourced links and evidence and personal promotion without prior mod approval is discouraged.
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: news, discussion, data
Headline = concise, factual (news or analysis). Write in first person for original analysis/reporting; third-person OK for summaries. Posts are usually short titles linking to longer, sourced threads or documents. Tone: sober, evidence‑focused, cautious. What gets upvoted: primary documents, transcripts, sourced analysis and thoughtful critiques; what gets removed/downvoted: unsourced speculation, harassment, or sensationalism.
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 September 2026. Rules change and moderators have the final say: verify at r/lucyletby'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.