r/sca rules, stats, and what to post

This community is for recreational mediævalism. It is a gathering place for folks associated with the Society for Creative Anachronism, so the people posting here are hobbyists who recreate and study pre modern life, from armor and garb to arts, crafts, and events. One thing to note is that this is an unofficial subreddit. It is not an official organ of the SCA, Inc., so what happens here is community conversation, not official communication from the organization itself. The rules are short and human: be polite, and follow Reddit site rules. That tells you the room is built around good faith discussion among people who share a passion, not around commerce.

There are two published rules here. The first is “courtesy”, which says be polite and courteous to others and be respectful even in strenuous disagreement. For a founder, this is the rule that decides everything. A post that reads as pushy, dismissive, or argumentative can be removed for being discourteous even if it breaks no other rule. The second is “reddit-violation”, which bans violation of Reddit's overall site rules. That covers things like spam and manipulation at the site wide level. The moderator one-liner confirms both: posts that are rude, discourteous, or violate Reddit site rules get removed. Beyond that, the community does not publish a stated position on promotion, links, or AI content, so treat those as untested ground and move carefully.

A good post here is a genuine contribution to the conversation. Ask a real question about the hobby, share something you learned while doing it, or add a useful perspective to a discussion that is already going. If you are a founder, the honest path is to show up as a person first. Read what people talk about, comment helpfully, and only start your own threads when you have something the community would actually want to discuss. If your product or project comes up at all, it should come up naturally, in answer to a question someone asked, and with no pressure attached. Keep the tone warm and courteous in everything you write, because that is what this community asks for explicitly.

Avoid anything rude, dismissive, or snarky, because the courtesy rule is the one this community leads with and moderators say they remove posts that are discourteous. Avoid heated arguments that turn personal, even when you strongly disagree with someone. Avoid anything that breaks Reddit site rules, since that gets a post removed here just as it would anywhere. Because the promotion and link policies are unknown, do not assume a promotional post or a bare link will be welcome. Treat any post whose main purpose is selling or driving traffic as risky until you have seen clear signals from the community that it is fine.

What strikes me about r/sca is that the entire rulebook is basically one idea: courtesy, even when people disagree hard. That is a community that cares about how you show up, not just what you post. With no observed top posts and no stated promotion policy, I would treat this as a place to earn trust slowly, through genuine participation, before ever thinking about anything commercial.