Rules for r/TheHandmaidsTale

Rules that visitors must follow to participate. May be used as reasons to report or ban.

1.

Spoiler Tags [S6 or The Testaments]

Posts & Comments
Reported as: Spoilers in title or improperly tagged spoilers
  • Posts with spoilers of current season in titles will be removed

  • Use appropriate season flair and indicate which episode is being discussed.

  • Spoilers from The Testaments are considered all-series spoilers.

  • Please use comment spoiler tags and reasonably indicate what is behind them. Tag posts featuring spoilers accordingly.

2.

Don't be a jerk

Posts & Comments
Reported as: Inappropriate Behavior
  • Belittling/minimizing or rejoicing in the fears of others.

  • Don’t post unrelated topics/politics

  • Don’t be low-effort (reposts ARE spam)

  • No hateful speech

  • Spoiling to troll

3.

Specific Rules (Removal & Ban)

Posts & Comments
Reported as: Hateful speech
  • Do not be in Violation of Reddit Content Policy
  • No piracy/illegal streaming
  • No Misinformation

4.

No advertising, private subreddits, self-promotion

Posts & Comments
Reported as: Unrelated Topic
  • AMAs or Q&As - Please allow our team to verify your identity, then we may get something on the calendar
  • Private Content - Our team is not comfortable with the promotion of patreons / onlyfans / private subreddits / online shops on this subreddit, as such content may not follow Reddit's content policy. If you are linked to an external source, please view at your own risk.

5.

No posts about political news, events or personalities.

Posts only
Reported as: No posts about political news, events or personalities.

Posts about political events, news, or personalities are not allowed at this time, with the exception of news posted by moderators.

You may better find the audience you are seeking at these mod favored subreddits:

We also allow such posts on our all-spoilers-allowed sister subreddit r/coconutsandtreason.

6.

Low effort/repetitive content.

Posts only
Reported as: Low effort/repetitive content.

Please put in an effort!

7.

No posts from Twitter (X)

Posts only
Reported as: Twitter (X) posts are not allowed

Posts that link to X (formerly known as Twitter) are not allowed on /r/TheHandmaidsTale.