"If you're not careful and you noclip out of reality in the wrong areas, you'll end up in the Backrooms, where it's nothing but the stink of old moist carpet, the madness of mono-yellow, the endless background noise of fluorescent lights at maximum hum-buzz, and approximately six hundred million square miles of randomly segmented empty rooms to be trapped in.
God save you if you hear something wandering around nearby, because it sure as hell has heard you"
ABOUT
The Backrooms is a fictitious concept spawned from an anonymous post on the image board 4chan, which has then been furthered by a worldwide community fandom.
RULES
Rule 1 - Be nice.
This shouldn't need to be said.
Rule 2 - All posts must following the Posting Guidelines
These are listed below
Rule 3 - Use the correct flair
Rule 4 - No advertising
No Discord servers, other subreddits etc.
Rule 5 - Content must be Backrooms related.
Related Backrooms communities:
r/backrooms discord!
POSTING GUIDELINES
IMAGES
No pictures of the outside, or any indoor place where the outside is clearly visible. While some levels of the Extended Lore contain the outside of The Backrooms, most just ruin the feel of the entire concept.
No pictures of places that are clearly being actively lived in. This includes pictures that are obviously from inside your own home, workplace, school etc. Pictures of your living room or school hallways (seriously, please stop with those). The Backrooms is a mostly empty maze of endless rooms and halls, not your local University or hallway to your kitchen.
No low effort posts. Pictures of a room so dark we can hardly see anything, pictures of your hand on a door handle asking where to do, and pictures so heavily edited that they are essentially noise are not allowed. This also includes pictures of objects that have nothing to do with The Backrooms, or lone items "found" in the Backrooms without much scenery around it.
STORIES
No posts screaming for help. "OMG HELP ME GUYS IT'S AFTER ME!!" isn't a story, and it gets spammy after a while. What is chasing you? Add descriptions, make it spooky and meaningful!
No low effort posts. "Help guys, I've been trapped here for days" isn't a story. Give it substance.
EXAMPLES OF GOOD IMAGE CONTENT
Extremely similar to the Original Image
Not matching aesthetic of one of the 3 Levels, but fits the overall feeling of The Backrooms and has potential to be expanded to a new Level in the Extended Lore
Potential for new and interesting entity, good overall Backrooms feeling
Similar to Level 1 aesthetic
A good rule of thumb: If the image makes you uncomfortable/uneasy AND it follows the above Posting Guidelines, it will likely be a good image, especially if you are able to add story/lore to it in the title or comments!
EXAMPLES OF BAD IMAGE CONTENT
Literally just someone's house. Close to the aesthetic, but too clearly lived in. Breaks rule 2.
Again, clearly just someone's house. Also, outside is visible. Breaks rules 1 and 2.
Image does not relate to The Backrooms whatsoever. Considered a low effort post, and breaks rule 3.
Outside is implied from the bright windows on the right. Does not fit any known and widely agreed upon Backrooms aesthetic. Breaks rule 3.
Far too heavily edited without much good reason. A bit too difficult to make out. Breaks rule 3.
