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r/fearofflying PUBLIC
A safe, supportive space for those who struggle with a fear of flying. Ask questions, share your concerns, and receive reassurance from a community that includes verified aviation professionals.
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r/fearofflying is a PUBLIC community on Reddit with over 56,472 members. It currently has a positive sentiment with an engagement rate of 1.8%. With a community friendliness score of 80, this subreddit presents a high conversion potential for authentic brand participation. Self-promotion is generally allowed according to recent analysis.
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Subreddit Rules
- Relevance: All posts must be related to the fear of flying and generally travelling by air. if you're unsure please message the mods.
- Please do not post anything that would be anxiety-inducing to members of the community. This includes triggers.
- No memes or low quality/effort posts.
- Attribution: All art, poetry, etc should be attributed to it's original author. If you are original author please see our rule on self-promotion.
- Offensive Remarks: This is a community of peers intended to share experiences in overcoming a fear of flying. Discrimination, racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic, ableist or generally offensive messages are unacceptable will be removed.
- Everyone overcomes phobias in different ways and in different times. Any messages which criticise an individual's recovery path or methods that work for them will be removed.
- Triggering Content: Posts/comments making unnecessarily triggering statements, such as claiming flying is unsafe, spreading unverified rumors, misinformation, or describing graphic scenarios, are not allowed and will be removed.
- Any posts about air disasters, incidents, or other potentially triggering content must use the "**Possible Trigger**" post flair. This helps users filter content that might exacerbate fears, fuel anxiety, or cause panic attacks.
- Speculation/Fear-Mongering: Posts or comments speculating about the causes of air disasters or incidents are not allowed. Speculation spreads misinformation, fuels rumors, and is disrespectful to those involved. Unsubstantiated claims that flying is unsafe, unverified rumors, misinformation, or hypothetical scenarios are not permitted and will be removed.
- Please keep discussions focused on evidence-based facts, coping strategies, and support for managing fear of flying.
- Drugs: Any discussions regarding drugs (legal, illegal, prescription, holistic, etc.) will be removed at moderator discretion. Those discussions should be with trained medical providers. We are not a medical thread and you should not take medical advice from Reddit.
- Politics: This subreddit is dedicated to supporting those managing a fear of flying, and is not a place for political debate.
- To keep the community focused and supportive, political discussions or speculation about political factors are not allowed.
- Advertising/Solicitation: This subreddit does not allow advertising, self-promotion, or solicitation of any kind.
- This includes but is not limited to promoting or requesting feedback on products, services, apps (including fear-of-flying or anxiety apps), websites, blogs, videos/ VODs, courses, or "quick-fix" solutions. The subreddit is not intended to be used for marketing, promotion, feedback, or research.
- Posts or comments that violate this rule will be removed.
- Flight Cancellations/Delays: This subreddit is focused on the fear of flying, not general travel logistics. Posts asking whether a specific flight will be canceled, delayed, or diverted are considered off topic and will be removed.
- Even with the aviation professionals here, predicting individual flight operations with accuracy isn’t possible. Additionally, cancellations, delays, and diversions are a normal part of aviation.
- For schedule updates, please contact your airline or airport directly.
- Sensitive Security Information: Federal regulations prohibit aviation professionals from sharing Sensitive Security Information (SSI). To protect aviation security and ensure compliance with these regulations, questions requesting specific SSI details, sharing SSI, or attempting to uncover SSI are not allowed.
- AI-Generated Content/AI Tools: Any image or text based posts suspected of being AI generated will be removed from the subreddit at moderator discretion. Requests to promote AI tools for anything including, but not limited to, turbulence forecasts, flight safety data, or information pertaining to specific aircraft and/or airlines will be declined and subsequently removed. This rule is meant to promote genuine, high-quality contributions to the subreddit
What is r/fearofflying?
r/fearofflying is a public Reddit community created in July 2009 with over 56,472 members. A safe, supportive space for those who struggle with a fear of flying. Ask questions, share your concerns, and receive reassurance from a community that includes verified aviation professionals.
The community has a positive sentiment and an engagement rate of 1.8%. With a friendliness score of 80, it is considered very welcoming to new members.
Self-promotion is generally allowed, making it a potential opportunity for authentic brand participation.
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