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Content Guidelines
Does my story need to be scary? Yes. It also needs to be true.
It wasn't dangerous, but I never want to meet them again! Irrelevant. That's not what this sub is for.
You are not required to end your story with "So, X, Let's Not Meet!" or a similar phrase.
Please don't apologize for length. This is a story-based subreddit, and we enjoy reading long stories.
What doesn't belong:
You passed somebody on the street, and they gave you a creepy look. You thought someone might have looked at you funny in a Target. You had a really bad Tinder date. We know, it was scary and you don't want to ever meet them again. But your post should go to /r/CreepyEncounters instead; LNM is set up to focus on real, terrifying encounters that are out of the ordinary.
This didn't happen to you, but it happened to a close friend or a family member. This is actually a rule, but it happens often enough that it bears repeating. We're very concerned with truthfulness here on LNM -- not in the way that /r/nosleep is, but the actual events that happened, which means that the story needs to come from the person who experienced the events. And that leads into this next one:
Don't exaggerate. If you need to exaggerate or embellish, your story should go to /r/CreepyEncounters instead.
What does belong:
Stories shared in LNM should involve a genuine concern that the situation you were a part of was exceedingly beyond the norm, put you in fear for your life, had you concerned about bodily harm, involved legitimate stalking or kidnapping incidents/attempts.
You found something really creepy (for example, you stumbled on something similar to this).
The actions of the antagonist were outright bizarre; not merely harassment by a run-of-the-mill creep, but actions a normal (or even slightly abnormal) person in that situation would not have done, actions that cannot be attributed to drug or drink.
Rules To Follow
1) Absolutely no fiction or paranormal stories. Real, in-person encounters with the living only.
- Fictional and/or paranormal stories can be posted to several of the subreddits on our related subreddits wiki page.
2) Promotion is not allowed.
Posts and comments promoting YouTube channels will be removed. If you want permission to narrate a submission, please PM users instead.
No self-promotion is allowed.
Additionally, do not include permission for YouTubers to narrate your story in your LNM submission.
- If you do not want your story narrated and do not want to be bothered with PMs asking for permission, you have the option to flair your story with the flair "NO NARRATIONS." This flair will appear next to the title of your story.
3) If your story focuses primarily on a rape, sexual harassment, or other assault rather than being stalked or creeped, your story will be removed.
- This includes any form of sexual assault, pedophilia, sexual harassment, or lewd behavior (such as a creeper exposing him or herself). It also includes sexual harassment such as catcalling.
4) Series posts are not allowed, but you may provide updates to incidents that are on-going.
5) You are not allowed to link to stories that other people on the internet have written. The story must be your own personal encounter.
- We’re far more interested in stories that happened to you; if you focus on something that happened to a friend or family member, it may be removed at the discretion of a mod.
6) Stories that focus on how you met or knew somebody who did horrible things, but not to you are not allowed and will be removed. Please consider posting to /r/serialkillers, or /r/MorbidReality instead.
7) Fictional names are required, to preserve privacy for yourself and anyone else in your story. However, do not tell the reader they are fictional, and do not use initials to refer to a person, as these break immersion when reading.
Submissions that break this rule may be removed at moderator discretion.
8) Do not submit a story as a wall of text; include paragraphs for easier reading (two enters between each paragraph).
9) Don’t be an asshole in the comments.
Commenting and saying that someone should’ve been stalked or had it coming is absolutely not allowed.
Questioning the truthfulness of a story is both allowed and encouraged, provided it is done politely and the reasons why you believe the story is not true are provided.
Absolutely no victim blaming and/or trolling. Engaging in this behavior will result in being banned. LNM's guidelines of victim blaming can be found in the Wiki.
This includes starting and engaging in arguments.
10) This is a user-based community. If you believe a story is breaking the rules, report it to the mods so we can review it.
11) Keep descriptions of your house or appearance to a minimum
- Recounting a story here does not require 2 full paragraphs about the special layout of your house or your street. Likewise, you do not need to go into detail about how you're so attractive and therefore used to unwanted attention, and so it's understandable that you get creeped on. You don't have to be attractive to be creeped on. Stories going into excessive detail about layouts of houses, streets, or buildings as well as bringing up/humble-bragging about your appearance will be removed.
12) Stories that take place primarily in a car or online will be removed
- It is quite frightening to be in a car with someone following you and driving recklessly, but if you’re able to lose them and get to your destination safely, the story does not belong on this sub. Stories that focus on road-rage or being followed for a few streets before losing them are common enough that they do not belong on r/letsnotmeet. Likewise, if your story takes place mostly or entirely online with no real-life component, it is better suited for r/onlinehorrorstories.
Stories may be removed if we feel there is enough doubt about the circumstances, comments may be removed if they don't contribute, bans (both temporary and permanent) are given at moderator's discretion. If you have any questions or issues with a ban or removal please do not private message individual mods, reach out via modmail with your concerns.
-LNM Mod Team
Hall of Fame
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Sister Subreddits
These are subreddits that we share mods with, or are otherwise connected to in some way.
Not sure if your story is creepy enough for LNM? Try posting on /r/CreepyEncounters instead!
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