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I got permabanned from /r/canada on Reddit for promiting Lemmy and the fediverse. (self.canada)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by cyborganism to c/canada
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I posted this yesterday:

And apparently this warrants a instant permaban.

They don't even tell you what rule it breaks. Which one do you think it might break?

In any case, every time I visit Reddit and look at my local subs (Montréal, Québec or Canada) I look at the comments and they're absolutely vile. The community has become so fucking toxic it's unbearable. And I also realized how my mental health actually improved since I left that community.

They can keep the permaban. I don't give a shit anymore. I'm so over that god forsaken place.

Peace out.

Quick update:

I contancted the mods and apparently I was permabanned for spamming and they immediately muted me so I wouldn't be able to message the mods any further. I can understand that it can be considered spamming, but I feel they're being extremely harsh over this. They really have no chill.

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[–] asymmetric 5 points 2 years ago

I got permabanned from /r/canada on Reddit for promiting Lemmy and the fediverse.

/r/canada hates mites. I thought everyone knew.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Anything canada related has been hijacked by "activists" and they arbitrarily ban anything their delicate sensibilities can't handle, which is basically anything. I got banned for referencing historical data in relation to the current direction of geopolitics and the likelihood of another world war soon and our (canada's) heavy involvement in the arms industry to tyrants around the world. Specifically I was referencing the "War is a Racket" book by Major General Smedley Butler and apparently the facts that the military industrial complex runs the show got them severely butt hurt. Especially since Canada isn't a country as much as a puppet for corporate interests these days.

[–] Powerpoint 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

/r/Canada is pretty much a fascist circle jerk with Albertans/Conservatives ever since they hijacked it for the last few years. It's pretty sad.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You broke the site wide rules by advertising a competing service, not the subreddit's rules. It's surprising the ban didn't extend site wide.

[–] cyborganism 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Seriously? So if you talk about joining Facebook or Twitter or any other social network you get permabanned site wide?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

You could be. I'm not saying it's justified, but it is a rule on the site as a whole that users are not permitted to advertise other platforms. It's their way of fucking their users just a little more, because they can try and justify anything they want because it's in the TOS you agree to when signing up.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No shit. You were supposed to write it in French. /S

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I am not from Canada, but have noticed many subreddits are becoming more more toxic. Even subs that used to be somewhat reasonably moderated are nearly intolerable from the amount of trolls.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

that shows the people at the top of reddit are genuinely worried

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Nah, the mods of /r/canada have made that subreddit into a cesspit on their own.

[–] cyborganism 3 points 2 years ago

I don't think they're worried. Actually the fact that they permabanned me shows that they have plenty of users to a point they can sacrifice whoever they want.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I cannot believe a subreddit run by an avowed Neo-Nazi would do such a thing...

[–] cyborganism 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

One of the mods is a neo Nazi????

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Here's the imgur link with the proof ("Perma" is the mod of r/Canada). They removed him, but a mystery brand new user was immediately added as a mod.

[–] cyborganism 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh my god. I remember ham sandwich. He was a real piece of shit.

Wow. I never really paid close attention to who were the mods except for /r/quebec and /r/montreal where I hung out most of the time. They were pretty fair and if got temporarily banned I would agree in hindsight. But, I didn't know /r/canada was run by white supremacists that also hung out on /r/metacanada.

Jesus. Welp, I don't feel so bad for being permabanned lol. And I always have this community which is pretty active and MUCH nicer. And I'll try to be just as nice at least.

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