• @[email protected]
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    5 days ago

    Welcome to 2020?

    Or 2010 if you’re a French Canadian, because r/Canada being shit with French Canadians has always been the norm.

    • @Nouveau_Burnswick
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      245 days ago

      I love how Canadians shit on the Bloc Québécois, but if you post their platform without a name attached everyone thinks it’s the greatest party ever.

      • @[email protected]
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        125 days ago

        Hell, look at the current party leaders and tell me Yves-François Blanchet isn’t the only one you would put in the PM position!

        • @[email protected]
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          115 days ago

          I am begging for a change to our voting system at this point almost as much as I am begging for people to actually read the election programmes. Look past the face on the TV, learn what they actually stand for folks!

          • @[email protected]
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            21 day ago

            Pro tip, as someone who’s been around enough politicians to know: They’re all acting, all the time. You can’t win an election any other way.

            If you actually buy what they’re selling personality-wise you’re a sucker. Read the damn platforms, or just ignore politics.

          • @Nouveau_Burnswick
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            24 days ago

            That’s literally what we were just talking about, the party platforms and the leader’s ability to discuss them.

  • Avid Amoeba
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    455 days ago

    r/Canada has always been a shit show but the alleged bot/paid actor activity is very concerning.

    • @[email protected]
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      275 days ago

      I’m not even from canada and I knew r/onguardforthee was the less shitty version of r/canada. I’m not sure why she’s surprised they’re being shit.

    • @[email protected]
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      105 days ago

      The longer I spend in the Fediverse the more obviously fake reddit is when I occasionally look at it (through an anonymous front-end)

    • DarkThoughts
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      35 days ago

      The moderation issue on Reddit is also a problem that is already extremely prevalent here on Lemmy, which more or less shares the same system. If foreign actors like Russia decide to influence the Fediverse (which is already highly radicalized), they’d have a very easy time. The modlog even actually helps abusive mods more than the users who become target of mod abuse, since they can just scrub the evidence and provide bullshit mod action reasons that most people who read it will just take at face value without actually questioning them.

      • Avid Amoeba
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        65 days ago

        Isn’t it easier to remove such mods on Lemmy instances, where the admins are not working for a commercial entity?

        • DarkThoughts
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          65 days ago

          Not if the admins are just as shitty as the mods, which I’ve seen plenty of by now.

          • Avid Amoeba
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            55 days ago

            Right, but that’s where better/worse instances can make a difference. Unless all instances are shit. But they aren’t. Ours is pretty good as far as I can tell. And it’s run by a proper non-profit.

            • DarkThoughts
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              25 days ago

              People also say that about db0 & SJW, which I know is not true. It’s easy to say things are okay when you’re not directly affected.

  • Yardy Sardley
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    184 days ago

    The sub went to shit practically overnight, and it happened right around the time of the freedumb convoy. I don’t think it’s a coincidence.

    • @StopTouchingYourPhone
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      73 days ago

      How in-your-face was that sudden drop in hostile “freedom from TruDope” commentary the week Russia invaded Ukraine and they all got new influencer assignments or something?

    • Sunshine (she/her)OP
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      94 days ago

      It was bad way before, I switched to r/onguardforthee and the people were nicer before I made my way over to !Canada in 2023.

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    124 days ago

    The new waves of users finding out reddit is no better than the dumpster fire social media sites they fled.

  • @SamuelRJankis
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    135 days ago

    Just want to say Rachel Gilmore one of my favourite modern social media journalist. Certainly worth a follow if you’re into that format of Canadian political content.