<b>What separates a dead AMA from a front-page one</b>

<b>What separates a dead AMA from a front-page one</b>
This week on Reddit marketing:
— [Tactic] Pre-seed 5 softball questions from real accounts 20 minutes before going live — r/IAmA veterans say a cold AMA with zero questions sinks in the first hour.
— [Rule-change] r/IAmA now requires proof submitted to mods in advance, not in-thread; the sidebar wiki spells out accepted formats.
— [Case] A niche tool founder ran an AMA in r/podcasting instead of r/IAmA and got 4x the qualified questions — smaller, on-topic rooms beat the big stage.
— [Tool] RemindMe bot threads let you batch-answer late questions days later and keep the AMA earning traffic.
Editor's pick: the r/podcasting case — proof that audience-fit beats reach for any AMA built to sell, not just to perform.