Can you promote in r/creepyencounters?
This sub is for creepy, human-to-human encounters where you weren't actually in any immediate, life-threatening danger, but that sufficiently creeped you out enough to share.
The short answer
Do not promote a product or company in comments; offer neutral, non-promotional help and ask the OP (publicly) if they'd like to be contacted or if you may message them, only after getting explicit permission.
What works here
- empathetic, on-topic comments about the encounter
- constructive questions for clarification in-thread
- offering resources or safety advice without links or promotion (brief)
What gets posts removed
- pitching products, services, surveys, or demos
- sending unsolicited PMs to submitters
- posting promotional links or trying to drive leads from posts
Where this comes from
View the current official rules on RedditNo PMing submitters
The rules explicitly forbid PMing submitters to gather more information and say 'Just be normal'—direct outreach is discouraged.
No media/links from elsewhere
Sub forbids posting links/stories from other sites and disallows media submissions, so external promotion or link-forwarding is likely to be removed.
Focus on personal, non-commercial content
Sub is strictly for true, in-person creepy encounters and walls-of-text/irrelevant intros are disallowed—community expects organic story discussion, not marketing.
Privacy / do not post PII
Posting personal information is banned and can lead to permanent ban, so collecting or revealing lead details is unsafe.
Official rules of r/creepyencounters
- 01In-Person Encounters Only; NO Paranormal Stories
- 02No Media Submissions
- 03Non-Fiction Only
- 04Creepy PMs, phone calls and/or emails
- 05NO Paranormal Stories
- 06'Just Say No' to Walls of Text
- 07Do NOT begin your submission with where it was rejected from.
- 08NO Hate Speech
- 09No Personal Information
- 10Don't be the creep
- 11Wheaton's Law
- 12The Story Isn’t Creepy/Doesn’t Belong
- 13Do NOT Put 'Trafficking' In Your Title.
Based on the community’s official rules, analyzed June 24, 2026. Rules change; the official rules page is always the source of truth.
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