Can you self-promote on r/AlternateHistory?

Q: Can you self-promote on r/AlternateHistory?

No rule mentions promotion. None of its rules mentions self-promotion. That is not permission: read every rule, say plainly that it's yours, and make the post useful on its own. Read 2026-10-12 from the community's own rules.

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Can you promote on r/AlternateHistory?

No rule mentions promotion None of its rules mentions self-promotion. That is not permission: read every rule, say plainly that it's yours, and make the post useful on its own.

A rule mentions AI or bots One of its rules names AI or bots: read it before you post. Other communities' AI rules.

What this page is

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What its rules say about AI and bots

No low-effort or low-quality content
No low-effort or low-quality content. This includes, but is not limited to the following: Image posts without at least a paragraph of context/lore provided (text in the image is acceptable), especially maps made in 'map-painting' programs like MapChart. AI-generated content, to include images and text. Shitposts and memes. What-if questions outside the weekly megathread (Using 'What if...?' in a title is fine so long as it comes with an actual scenario. Low-resolution or blurry images.

All 8 rules of r/AlternateHistory

Work must be alternate history
Work must be alternate history. All works must be partially or entirely fictional with a basis in real-world history. However, fantasy and other paranormal or magical content is prohibited, except when part of a properly labelled ASB scenario.
All content must be original
All content must be original. Do not use another person’s work, and especially do not claim it as your own. Crossposting from other subreddits with a similar purpose (such as r/ImaginaryMaps or r/Vexillology) is allowed, so long as the post abides by our rules.
Posts must be correctly flaired
A post that is not flaired correctly upon or shortly after submission is liable for removal by the moderators.
No low-effort or low-quality content
No low-effort or low-quality content. This includes, but is not limited to the following: Image posts without at least a paragraph of context/lore provided (text in the image is acceptable), especially maps made in 'map-painting' programs like MapChart. AI-generated content, to include images and text. Shitposts and memes. What-if questions outside the weekly megathread (Using 'What if...?' in a title is fine so long as it comes with an actual scenario. Low-resolution or blurry images.
No glorification of authoritarianism or hate speech
No glorification of authoritarianism or hate speech of any kind. This rule also extends to historical revisionism and genocide/mass killing denialism.
No bad faith posts/comments or Modern Politics
The creation of posts or comments which are designed for the sole purpose of baiting users into a fight, political mudslinging, or bad faith discussion is banned. To avoid heated discussions, anything political within ten years (between 2015-2035) is considered to be off-limits.
No ASB Posts outside of Sunday (UTC)
ASB Posts (Short for Alien Space Bats, meaning an alternate history scenario that has an impossible point of divergence or have fantastical elements such as time-travel, alien interference, Folklore beasts, change in the laws of physics, etc) are not allowed to be posted outside of its themed day, Spacebats Sunday (UTC).
No Meta Posts outside of the Friday Forum Megathread
No Meta posts are to be made outside the Friday Forum Megathread. If you have any concerns regarding the state of the subreddit (Rules, Situations, Practices, etc) Refrain from making a post and instead post a comment in the megathread.

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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