r/HouseOfTheDragon rules, stats, and what to post

This is a fan community for HBO's House of the Dragon, the Game of Thrones prequel, and the source material behind it. The description says it covers the show plus all content written by George R. R. Martin and produced for TV by HBO, so book readers and show watchers share the same room. The people here are fans who want to discuss episodes, theories, the books, artwork, and news about the series. It is a discussion space first, and the rules make clear it is not a place to push your own projects, settle fandom fights, or drift into politics. If you show up, you show up as a fan of the story, not as a marketer with a product to place.

The rule that decides everything for a founder is “No self promotion”, which says posts about your own site, channel, product, or social media account will be removed unless you have received express permission from the mod team before posting. That means you ask first, in modmail, before you post anything with your brand attached. “No Youtube Links” matters if video is part of your plan, because links to channels that are not HBO, GOT, or known media accounts are not allowed, and the rule explains why, creators have used false Reddit profiles to market their channels. “No spoilers” is the biggest trap for anyone writing content about the show, since titles must not include spoilers from Fire & Blood or new episodes, and book spoiler posts must be tagged and flaired. “Post Flairs” requires your content to match the flair you pick, so a book discussion inside a show flaired post gets removed. “Credit all artwork, images, news and videos” means if you share fan art made by someone else, you credit the artist in the title and link to their original gallery. “No low effort posts or comments” gives moderators discretion to remove anything thin, so a lazy meme with your logo on it will not survive. “No off-topic posts or comments” requires the content itself, not just the title, to relate to the A Song of Ice and Fire universe, so a generic marketing meme with a show title slapped on it fails. Finally, “No Reposts” blocks reposting news, memes, or discussion threads within 48 hours, and theory discussions are only allowed if you bring something new to the table.

Think contribution first, permission second. If you have something genuinely useful to the fandom, like a well made infographic about the Targaryen family tree, a data driven breakdown of episode pacing, or a thoughtful essay on the show's themes, that can work as a discussion post, as long as the content itself is about the show and not about you. Credit any artist whose work you share, in the title, with a link to their gallery. Use the correct flair and keep book content out of show flaired threads. Tag every spoiler, especially anything from Fire & Blood, and keep major character deaths out of titles even after the one week window. If you want to post anything tied to your own site or product, message the mod team first and get express permission, because the rule requires it before posting, not after. And if your post is a theory, bring something genuinely new to the table, since the rules say that is the bar for theory posts.

The fastest removal is self promotion without permission, so never post about your own site, product, or social account without express permission from the mod team first. Do not post YouTube links unless they come from official sources, and if you want to share a video from a smaller creator, upload it directly to Reddit and credit them instead. Never put spoilers in a title, and never discuss book content in a show flaired thread. Do not share social media takes from random people, because “No unreputable social media content” only allows content from the cast, crew, or reputable sources like journalists and professional critics, and the rule tells you to share opinions in your own voice instead. Do not engage in fandom conflict, because “Discuss the show, not the fandom” pushes Team Black versus Team Green arguments elsewhere, and “No Politics” bans politics entirely even though the show covers political themes. Do not be uncivil, because “No Incivility, Bigotry or Harassment” prohibits personal attacks, slurs, and a long list of discriminatory speech, and “Rape/Sexual Assault Denial or Minimization” results in a ban. Do not link or request torrents, streams, or downloads, because “No piracy” forbids discussing illicit ways to watch. Do not post leaks outside the leak thread, even with spoiler tags, because “Leaks” confines them to their own flaired thread. Do not post AI generated art expecting it to stay up, since the credit rule says it may be removed as low effort at moderator discretion. And do not repost anything from the last 48 hours, because “No Reposts” will catch it.

Rule 3 is the one that caught my eye, because it tells you exactly why the ban exists, creators used fake profiles to push their channels, so the mods shut the whole door. That is the cost bad actors make everyone else pay. If you ever want to share a video here, the workaround is written into the rule itself, upload it natively and credit the creator. Honestly, a community this protective of its own space is one where showing up as a real fan first is the only strategy that works.