r/Workflowy rules, stats, and what to post
Know the rules before you post. So easy grandma can do it.
- To post
- No minimum in the rules
- To comment
- No minimum in the rules
- Self-promotion
- Not mentioned in the rules
- Links
- Not mentioned in the rules
- Promo risk
- Medium
- From the rules, not from removal counts
- Community age
- 13 years
- Since Mar 2013
About r/Workflowy
A source-backed Rankhog guide to r/Workflowy: public rules, community context, posting fit, and startup-promotion risk before you publish.Checked from the r/Workflowy rules on Reddit.
r/Workflowy rules
1 rule, in the community's own words.
- 1
Please report bugs/issues to help@workflowy.com
Bugs posted here will be recorded but will likely take longer to be addressed. Reporting them directly to the support team is the fastest way to have them resolved.
What to post in r/Workflowy
What fits the room, and what gets removed.
Works well
- A plain question about how other users structure their notes or workflows in the app
- A walkthrough of a note-taking system or setup that invites people to share their own approach
- A discussion post about minimalist design in note-taking tools, which matches how the community describes itself
- An honest comparison question about flexible note-taking approaches, asked to learn rather than to pitch
- A short write-up of how you use Workflowy for a specific job, with no call to action
- An announcement or question framed as discussion, as long as it is not a bug report, which rule 1 pushes to email
Avoid
- Posting a bug report as a regular thread, because the only rule asks you to email help@workflowy.com instead
- Framing a bug complaint about a competitor's app as product marketing here
- Waiting for community attention on an urgent bug when the rules say direct support is the fastest path
- Assuming a public bug thread is a fair way to get the product team's attention, when the rule says those posts get recorded but addressed slower
- Burying a support issue inside a promotional post about your own note-taking tool
- Using this subreddit as your support channel when the description already points people to help@workflowy.com
Best hours to post in r/Workflowy
No pattern yet. r/Workflowy does not have enough top posts from the last 90 days to name its best hours.
What r/Workflowy Is For
This is the community for Workflowy, a note-taking application that focuses on flexible, minimalist, and intuitive design. The public description points people who need support or want to report a bug to help@workflowy.com, so the subreddit itself works more like a gathering place for people who use the app and want to talk about it. Expect users who care about simple, clean note-taking and how Workflowy fits into their work.
Rules That Matter Before Posting
There is exactly one published rule here, and it is named “Please report bugs/issues to help@workflowy.com”. It says that bugs posted in the community will be recorded but will likely take longer to be addressed, and that reporting them directly to the support team is the fastest way to get them resolved. For a founder, the takeaway is simple. This community is not a support desk. If your post is really about a bug or an issue, the rule tells you to send it to help@workflowy.com instead of posting it here.
What To Post
A good post here is a conversation about note-taking and how Workflowy is used, not a support ticket. Share how you structure your notes, ask how other people handle a workflow, or discuss minimalist design in note-taking apps. If you build a product or write something related to note-taking or productivity, frame it as something the community can discuss or learn from, and keep it honest and low key. If your question turns out to be a bug or an issue, do not post it here at all, email help@workflowy.com as the rule asks.
What To Avoid
The one thing the rules clearly call out is posting bugs or issues in the subreddit. Rule “Please report bugs/issues to help@workflowy.com” says those posts still get recorded, but they are the slow route, while emailing the support team directly is the fast route. Nothing else about promotion, links, or AI content is stated in the published rules, so there is no evidence of extra bans here. Still, since the community is clearly meant for conversation about the app rather than case handling, a post that is really a support ticket in disguise is the obvious thing to avoid.
A note from Anthony
This is one of the rare communities where the rules tell you exactly where NOT to post instead of listing ten things you cannot do. One rule, one message, and it saves everyone time. If your product question turns out to be a bug, do not post it here, email the support address and save yourself the wait.
By Anthony Riera, founder and operator of Rankhog. Every guide is built from the community's own public rules and data, then checked by Rankhog's grounding audit before it goes live.
Common questions about r/Workflowy
What subreddits are similar to r/Workflowy?
Subreddits like r/Workflowy are r/productivity, r/Nootropics, r/ProductivityApps, r/PKMS, r/gtd, r/microsoft_365_copilot, r/forestapp and r/aiToolForBusiness.
Can I post about a bug I found in Workflowy?
No. Rule 1, “Please report bugs/issues to help@workflowy.com”, directs bugs to the support team, so skip the public bug report.
Does this community allow self-promotion?
The description describes the app and points support issues to help@workflowy.com, and the only published rule says the same. Nothing else about links or promotion is stated, so there is no basis to claim more.
What kind of post is clearly welcome here?
A plain question about workflows, organisation, or how you use the app fits the note-taking focus of the description, as long as it is not a bug report.
How strict is this community with newcomers?
There is no observed evidence in this guide, so start from the description and rules alone: keep it on topic for Workflowy and keep bug reports out.
Can I ask for support here instead of emailing?
No. The rules ask you to email help@workflowy.com directly for bug reports and support.
Subreddits like r/Workflowy
Other rooms for the same crowd.