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

I posted this yesterday:

https://lemmy.ca/pictrs/image/12a54c8e-9faa-4722-9427-b79253cca98c.png

And apparently this warrants a instant permaban.

https://lemmy.ca/pictrs/image/6736a6c8-7e93-44bd-94a3-0be2db2b5a2a.png

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

https://lemmy.ca/pictrs/image/d65b2791-f294-499a-9c53-794b871624af.png

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.

TSG_Asmodeus,
@TSG_Asmodeus@lemmy.world avatar

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

cyborganism,

One of the mods is a neo Nazi???

TSG_Asmodeus,
@TSG_Asmodeus@lemmy.world avatar

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,

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.

TSG_Asmodeus,
@TSG_Asmodeus@lemmy.world avatar

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trackcharlie,

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,

/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.

TSG_Asmodeus,
@TSG_Asmodeus@lemmy.world avatar

I was (temp) banned because I called Conservatives as ‘Cons’ (but not for Libs, NDP, etc). They are very delicate, fragile people.

Kolanaki,
@Kolanaki@yiffit.net avatar

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,

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

Kolanaki,
@Kolanaki@yiffit.net avatar

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.

otp,

The mods there are super sketchy. I wouldn’t be surprised if any of them are on someone’s payroll.

TSG_Asmodeus,
@TSG_Asmodeus@lemmy.world avatar

Maybe not payroll, but…

otp,

Yup, I’ve seen that stuff. It’d make me feel better if they were getting paid. It’s a nicer thought to me than them doing this crap because they’re truly that way.

spyd3r,
@spyd3r@sh.itjust.works avatar

Join the club. I’ve been banned from so many subs for bullshit reasons in the last 3 years I can’t even keep track of them all.

The cancer has taken over Reddit.

corsicanguppy,

I was banned from r/pics for a comment that read

And my ax

…on a thread. When I went to appeal, the admin couldn’t explain how anyone arrived at the decision, or even show the context around the comment, but upheld the decision nonetheless.

You won’t miss Reddit. I don’t.

cyborganism,

What a shit show lolol

jol,

I suspect there is something going in on reddit in general. The moment you mention Lemmy, you get down voted.

cyborganism,

Yeah and I feel like the users there don’t care at all about all the privacy issues and how Reddit aggressively exploits it’s users now. And they’re using AI with bots to basically generate content using old posts or comments and repost.

It’s like any other social network like Twitter and Facebook. I tell people that they need to leave for their own good, but nobody gives a damn.

It’s driving me crazy because I see the problems. I see how it’s affecting people. I can explain it to them and they’ll understand. They still refuse to leave. It’s like telling them they’re drinking poison and asking them to stop but they’re drinking it because everyone is going it anyway.

lautan,

I’m leaving that sub now as a protest.

Yerbouti,

R/quebec is just angry péquistes and r/montreal is angryphones and foreign students. R/Canada is toxic af . Yeah, reddit sucks big time now.

cashews_best_nut,

Same problem as Canada itself. Too many Canadians.

You need more moose or elk. Whatever that big brown 4-legged animal is.

Or Canada geese. Take those bastard’s back. Evil shits dominating our canals. Feathered Canadian cunts.

corsicanguppy,

those bastard’s back

You mean “those bastards’ backs” but I think they’d only be more angry if they couldn’t stand up.

OfficerBribe,

Replace Lemmy in your text with Facebook, Discord, Telegram or any other forum like group or simply imagine someone posting here to go to Reddit instead, seems a bit spammy doesn’t it?

willya,
@willya@lemmyf.uk avatar

My guess would be that it really had nothing to do with Canada. It had to do with you complaining about their subreddit and you telling people to leave it. I would have removed it as well. Dunno if I would have banned you. I would have had to seen it a number of times before I banned you I think.

cyborganism,

I guess you’re right. I wasn’t very tactful.

westyvw,

As a mod, I don’t care if they say something is better somewhere else as long as it is about the same theme. I mean if I run Old and Antique Cars and someone says hey lets meet up at this other place as well, that is great. It is more Old and Antique Car discussion. I don’t give a shit about the platform, Reddit certainly is not paying, and if anything is actively trying to fuck over moderation. If they said Old and Antique cars suck we should all move to New and Fast Cars, I might remove it.

So I am confused why you would remove it? Does it really matter?

willya,
@willya@lemmyf.uk avatar

Well duh if you’re wanting to ditch your subreddit too of course you’d big it up, lock it down, and send everybody to lemmy. You answered your own question.

westyvw,

I didn’t say that at all. I said I wanted to support the topic. If there is another place to talk about the same thing, no problem.

OtakuAltair,

Isn’t r/canada a conservative shithole?

Thalestr,
@Thalestr@beehaw.org avatar

Pretty much.

can,

For at least 5 years now, yes.

can,

/r/canada is a cesspit with a white nationalist mod.

The sane Canadians always stuck to /r/onguardforthee

Omega_Haxors, (edited )

Man I can’t believe this shit’s coming over here now…

OGFT is not “the sane one” it’s controlled opposition. Their mods protect known trolls including that one that dominates their subreddit with dozens of articles that nobody ever reads. The only actual content on that subreddit is meta drama designed to rope people in. Yet still despite all of that you still have people repeating “they’re the sane ones” every single time r/cananda comes up, because it’s all they have.

Read the place as an anti-advertisement for [nazi subreddit redacted] and it makes more sense what they’re doing.

can,

OGFT is not “the sane one”

Well, it sure as shit ain’t /r/canada. Perhaps it’s neither.

Peanutbjelly,

Left /r/canada because all of the racially/bigotry motivated posts I was seeing.

Got banned from ogft for suggesting that racially/bigotry motivated posts aren’t excused when the target is the group you decide is the “bad group.” and that saying such a thing is not advocating defense of the bad actors on the other side doing the same thing.

I guess just looking for a place to discuss Canadian things without people attacking others for their body they were born into, or things they otherwise have no control over is just a pipe dream.

Imagine treating unique individuals as unique individuals, and not defining them or yourself entirely by the bodies you were born into.

Im sorry my opinions are so spicy.

rab,

Ogft is terrible too

can,

Reddit as a whole is terrible.

rab,

There are still some good subs

can,

If they were really good they’d have moved to another platform.

BCsven,

Yeah I enjoyed a few, but some were just nasty edgey teens trying to sound experienced in topic X. when the time came to boycott and delete my reddit account it wasn’t a hard decision.

Omega_Haxors,

[thunderous laughter]

BarrierWithAshes,
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    cyborganism,

    Ok dude, chill. I get it

    You could have explained this without being so rude.

    willya,
    @willya@lemmyf.uk avatar

    If your feelings are easily hurt you’re going to hate it here as well.

    cyborganism,

    So far it’s been a good experience.

    Slayan,

    You guyz are pretty chill, let’s keep it that way 😘✌️

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