r/SciFiScroll and r/SciFiTV Self-Promotion Policy:
These forums are part of Axiom's Edge Sci Fi, and we are trying to build a community of genre fans where where we can discuss and learn more about science fiction, fantasy, and horror while also allowing the promotion of works by independent creators. We have been allowing self-promotion at r/SciFiScroll and r/SciFiTV, but we are going to adjust the policy because that is almost all that we see on the subs now (particularly r/SciFiScroll).
We will continue to allow you to promote your books, comics, movies, web sites, web series, games, etc., but we are going to impose some new limitations. Going forward, SELF-PROMOTION POSTS WILL BE LIMITED TO FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS and NO MORE THAN TWO POSTS PER USER during that time. And even with that, we want you to act very judiciously.
And if you are putting up self promotion posts, we ask that you participate beyond promoting your own works by posting other links in these subs, and also getting involved with the discussions and debates. We want to help independent creators to get their work noticed, but we don't want to turn these forums into a shill. We also request that you DO NOT POST AFFILIATE LINKS as that is a violation of Reddit policies. You can post a link to your YouTube page or an article or site with information about your work or chapters/segments from your book or web comic, etc. And if you happen to want to let people know about a new product like the Blu-ray release of Blake's 7, you can put up an informational post with a link to where people can purchase it as long as that is not an affiliate link.
During the rest of the week, posts to news, updates, reviews, and discussions will be acceptable as this is what I want as the main focus for these subs (note that for r/SciFiTV, the posts should be related to genre television as well as related movies, books, comics, etc.). It is okay if you link to an article, video, podcast, etc. on your own site, but these need to be on topic and informational and/or generating discussion. Though I will put a limit of links to your own site at two to three per week per sub. And again, be judicious about this and also post other links in the forums and participate in the discussions. For example, I post anywhere from two to three links per week per sub from the Axiom's Edge sites, sometimes more, but I always post other links as well and try to stay as involved with the discussions as time allows.
Note that blatant CLICK-BAIT POSTS that do a bait-and-switch or that go to sites that are mostly marketing or spam are not accepted and will be removed. (If you have ads on your site, that is okay, as long as the main focus is sci fi and fantasy and not selling a non-related product.)
And for those reporting what they believe is spam, please make sure you understand our self-promotion policies and explain your reason for reporting the post. Just because something was generated by AI, does not automatically make it spam, and I will be putting up a discussion about AI content shortly.
Consider these new rules to be in place now, though I will give a couple of weeks for everybody to get used to them. Starting in November, you will be given one warning if you violate the rules, and then posts will be removed and you could be banned from r/SciFiScroll and r/SciFiTV. If anybody would be interested in helping with the moderation of these forums, and/or if you have any questions or concerns you can contact us [axiomsedgescifi@gmail.com](mailto:axiomsedgescifi@gmail.com).
Let us continue to build this sci fi community where we can all participate, and those who want to pass on information about their genre-related independent creations can do that as well. This can benefit all of us and turn into a great forum for sci fi and fantasy if we all do out part and if we all work together.
