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Can you promote on r/visualnovels?

Only in a dedicated thread Its rules send self-promotion to a dedicated thread, such as a weekly or pinned one. Promotion outside it is removed.

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A community for discussing visual novels and the visual novel medium.

What its rules say about promotion

Self-promotion rules
Include the visual novel's name in your post title, ensure the project is listed on VNDB, and limit updates to major milestones. Posting more than once every two weeks may result in a ban. [Details here](https://www.reddit.com/r/visualnovels/wiki/rules) Do not post here if you’re only here to advertise. This is a place to discuss visual novels, not shill. VNs containing primarily adult content can’t be posted. Use r/eroge instead.
Selling Without Picture Proof
Giveaway and Selling Posts are fine. Just make sure to post picture proof if physicals are involved. [Tips here.](https://www.reddit.com/r/visualnovels/wiki/rules)
Piracy
Comments promoting piracy with any links to pirate sites (or insinuations of it) are banned.
All 11 rules of r/visualnovels
  1. Non-Visual Novel Related Topic
    Make sure your topic is related to visual novels in some way. [Details here](https://www.reddit.com/r/visualnovels/wiki/rules)
  2. Repost
    Don't post a topic that has the same info covered in another one. [Details here](https://www.reddit.com/r/visualnovels/wiki/rules)
  3. Low-Effort Submission
    No posts that are things like one-liners with no image, trolling, or an obvious attempt at karma farming. [Details here](https://www.reddit.com/r/visualnovels/wiki/rules)
  4. Untagged spoilers
    If there is no spoiler flair on the post or if the spoiler is out of the scope of the original discussion topic, then it should be spoiler tagged. To use Reddit spoilers in comments, format it like this: \>!hidden spoilery text!<
  5. Untagged NSFW
    NSFW content must be marked as NSFW. This applies to text and images.
  6. Image without VN Title or Spoiler Tag
    Images, Screenshots, and Memes related to Visual Novels are currently fine to post. Just make sure to space out your posts in moderation. If you post a screenshot, you are required to post a name of the visual novel in the title as well as tagging the topic with spoilers.
  7. Posting Images Too Often
    Images, Screenshots, and Memes related to Visual Novels are fine to post. Just make sure to space out your posts in moderation.
  8. Self-promotion rules
    Include the visual novel's name in your post title, ensure the project is listed on VNDB, and limit updates to major milestones. Posting more than once every two weeks may result in a ban. [Details here](https://www.reddit.com/r/visualnovels/wiki/rules) Do not post here if you’re only here to advertise. This is a place to discuss visual novels, not shill. VNs containing primarily adult content can’t be posted. Use r/eroge instead.
  9. Selling Without Picture Proof
    Giveaway and Selling Posts are fine. Just make sure to post picture proof if physicals are involved. [Tips here.](https://www.reddit.com/r/visualnovels/wiki/rules)
  10. Piracy
    Comments promoting piracy with any links to pirate sites (or insinuations of it) are banned.
  11. Site-wide rules
    All [reddit site-wide rules](https://www.redditinc.com/policies/content-policy) must be obeyed. In particular, posts including sexual or suggestive content involving minors or someone who appears to be a minor, even if drawn, are prohibited.

What the written rules don't show

  • Unpublished minimums. Many communities remove posts from new or low-karma accounts through AutoModerator settings that are not on the rules page, often before a moderator sees them.
  • Reddit's own filters. Reddit's site-wide spam filters can remove posts from accounts that mostly share links to their own site, in any community.
  • The community's norms. Many communities see themselves as peers, not an audience: post where you already take part, and make the post worth reading without the link.

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