r/Mindfulness rules, stats, and what to post

This community is for people who care about mindfulness, which the public description defines as awareness of one's internal states and surroundings. In practice that means the people posting here are practicing mindfulness, asking questions about it, and sharing thoughts that connect directly to the topic. The rules push everyone to build a positive and helpful community, treat each other with respect, and offer constructive criticism instead of complaining. This is a support and discussion space, not a marketplace. If your post does not directly pertain to mindfulness, it does not belong here.

The rule that decides most things here is “Content must be relevant to Mindfulness”, which requires every post to directly pertain to mindfulness and rules out low-effort content, spam, memes, and posts without context. “Self-Promotion, Sales and Recruitment” prohibits posting links in comments or DMs that advertise or solicit sales of books, podcasts, YouTube videos, apps, and more, and the rule says that list is not exhaustive. “ChatGPT and AI Content” warns that AI generated content may be removed based on moderator discretion, so write your post yourself. “Repetitive Posting” means similar posts can be removed if posted within a close timeframe, so search the subreddit before you post. “Surveys” requires you to contact the moderation team through Modmail before posting any survey, and posts without permission will be removed. “Misleading Content” removes anything from disreputable or disputed sources, so keep your claims honest and grounded. “Be Cool, Calm and Civil” sets the tone for how you behave in the comments once your post is up.

A good post here is written by you, in your own words, and sits squarely inside the topic of mindfulness. Share a genuine lesson from your own practice, a question about a challenge you are facing, or an honest reflection that invites others to respond. If you are a founder, the respectful play is to participate as a person, not as a brand. Talk about what mindfulness has taught you about running your company, or ask the community how they stay present under pressure. Never attach a link to your product, and never slide into DMs with a pitch. Before you post, search the subreddit to make sure your topic has not come up recently, because repetitive posts get removed. If you want to run a survey, contact the moderators through Modmail first and wait for permission.

The fastest way to get removed is self-promotion, so never drop links in comments or DMs that advertise or solicit sales of anything, including your app, book, podcast, or course. Do not post surveys without asking the moderation team through Modmail first, because unapproved survey posts get removed. Do not publish AI generated content, since moderators may remove it at their discretion. Do not post something similar to what was recently posted, because repetitive posts within a close timeframe can be removed. Do not post memes, low-effort content, or posts without context. Do not post anything NSFW, violent, or illegal. Do not share content from disreputable or disputed sources, and do not falsely claim content is yours or post anything without permission from the copyright holder.

The rule that stands out to me is the AI content one, because it means you cannot lean on a language model to sound wise here, you have to actually show up as yourself. I also respect that the self-promotion rule says its list is not exhaustive, which tells me the moderators have seen every flavor of sneaky pitch and closed the loopholes in advance. There are no top post titles to learn from in our observations, so my advice is to read the room yourself before you post. In a community built on awareness, the most mindful marketing move is often no marketing at all.