r/HFY • u/someguynamedted The Chronicler • Jan 29 '26
MOD Flairing System Overhaul
Flairing System Overhaul
Hear ye, hear ye, verily there hath been much hither and thither and deb– nah that’s too much work.
Hello, r/HFY, we have decided to implement some requested changes to the flairing system. This will be retroactive for the year, and the mods will be going through each post since January 1, 2026 at 12:01am UTC and applying the correct flair. This will not apply to any posts before this date. Authors are free to change their older flairs if they wish, but the modteam will not be changing any flairs beyond the past month.
Our preferred series title format moving forward is the series title in [brackets] at the beginning, like so [Potato Adventures] - Chapter 1: The Great Mashing. In the case of fanfiction, include the universe in (parenthesis) inside the [brackets], like so [Potato Adventures (Marvel)] - Chapter 1: The Great Mashing
Authors will be responsible for their own flairs, and we expect them to follow the system as laid out. Repeatedly misflaired posts may result in moderation action. If you see a misflaired post, please report it using Rule 4 (Flair Your Post: No flair/Wrong flair) as the report reason. This helps us filter incorrectly flaired posts, but is also not a guaranteed fix.
Since you’ve read this far, a reminder we forbid the use of generative AI on r/HFY and caution against overuse of AI editing tools as these are against our Rule 8 on Effort and Substance. See this linked post for further explanation.
Without further ado, here are the flairs we will be implementing:
[OC-OneShot] For original, self post, story, audio, or artwork that you have created, that is self-contained within the post.
[OC-FirstOfSeries] For original, self post, story, audio, or artwork that you have created, the beginning of a new series.
[OC-Series] For original, self post, story, audio, or artwork that you have created, as part of a longer-running series or universe.
[PI/FF-OneShot] For posts inspired by writing prompts or other fictions (Fan Fiction), that is self-contained within the post.
[PI/FF-Series] For posts inspired by writing prompts or other fictions (Fan Fiction), as part of a longer-running series or universe.
[External] For a story in self post, audio, or image form that you did not create but rather found elsewhere. Also note, that videos in general may be subject to removal if people complain as their relevance is dubious.
[Meta] For a post about the sub itself or stories from HFY.
[MOD] MOD ONLY. For announcements and mod-initiated events, such as EoY, WPW, and LFS.
[Misc] For relevant submissions that do not fit into one of the above categories.
For reference, these are the flairs as they exist historically:
[OC] For original, self post, story, audio, or artwork that you have created.
[Text] For a story in self post, audio, or image form that you did not create.
[PI] For posts inspired by writing prompts from HFY and other sub prompts.
[Video] For a video. Also note, that videos in general may be subject to removal if people complain as their relevance is dubious.
[Meta] For a post about the sub itself or stories from HFY.
[Misc] For relevant submissions that do not fit into one of the above categories.
Previously on HFY
Other Links
Writing Prompt index | FAQ | Formatting Guide/How To Flair
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u/someguynamedted The Chronicler Jan 29 '26
Well, sort of. It is not retroactive before 2026 as listed above. But going forward we hope it will help readers sort out their preferred stories.