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A Canada-specific general discussion community that allows all types of content!

Founded in opposition to bigotry and hate.

Please familiarize yourself with the rules below before posting:

Rules

1. Be Civil

No posts that contain racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, harassment, violent rhetoric, xenophobia, religious intolerance, or ad hominem replies. Be nice.
Do not ping users with /u/ mentions in your comments.
If criticizing a certain geographical region, please make sure to include a legitimate source for this criticism. Stereotyping provinces is not allowed.
Do not accuse others of bias, racism, etc, without proof: screenshots, archive links, blog posts, or other material.

2. Canadian Content

Only posts that pertain to Canada and Canadian topics are allowed. International content is acceptable if it is relevant to Canada.
Low effort posts and image posts may be removed without explanation and at our discretion. Link to directly to sources or articles.

3. Editorialized Headlines & Titles

Posting submissions must include the original title. This is necessary for consistency and clarity. Do not editorialize or make unnecessary edits to the headline or title. Extra commentary belongs in the comments section.
When crossposting an article, if the title is not the article headline, please resubmit it with the proper article headline.
Contemporary articles will get priority, Older articles may be removed.

**4. Submission General Guidelines

Do not post an excessive amount of new submissions within a short period of time.
No posts about surveys, fundraising, petitions or missing persons.
Submitted self posts will be removed at mod discretion, especially if they are they are low-effort, repetitive, duplicate topics, are more appropriate as a comment or google search or belong in r/AskACanadian.
When posting content from social media, provide a direct link to the post instead of a screenshot. No Facebook links.

5. Duplicate/Similar Submissions

Duplicate/similar articles will be removed.
Exceptions: An article about a topic may be posted even if a tweet has already been posted; if the article is a different media; if the first article was paywalled; and, if the article is an opinion piece or adds some more detail to the subject.

6. Memes & Jokes

In order to not clutter the front page with memes and low effort jokes, please only post this type of content on the weekend (Friday-Sunday). Memes, jokes, and off-topic discussions are welcome, but we will remove posts if the amount on the front page becomes excessive. Low-effort memes or those done in poor taste are not welcome.
Exceptions to the rule include in depth satire or comedy written or video pieces. Professional political cartoons may also be posted during the week.

7. No Shitposting

Off-topic comments which detract from the conversation may be removed.
Trolling, hostility, and participating in bad faith will not be tolerated.and will result in a ban. Repeated attempts at turning conversations into a hostile direction will be met with a ban.

8. Meta Posts

If you’d like to discuss comments in other communities, link to an archive of the comment thread rather than the full post. If there are multiple comments involved, you can make a self-post with a list of the links in question.
Do not vote or comment in other communities if you were linked from here. Do not submit links to submissions or comment threads you have made or are involved in. Brigading or vote manipulation will result in a ban.

9. NSFW Posts

If you are submitting content which contains NSFW material, please tag it as such.

Visibility: Public

This community can be federated to other instances and be posted/commented in by their users.

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1 user / week
1 user / month
10 users / 6 months
4 local subscribers
429 subscribers
31 Posts
130 Comments
Modlog

mods:

Lemmy.ca

A Canadian-run community, geared towards Canadians, but all are welcome!

Welcome 🍁

Lemmy.ca is run by Canadians, hosted in Canada, and geared toward Canadians. However, it is not restricted to Canadians, or Canadian culture/topics/etc. All are welcome!

To learn more about what Lemmy is, or how the Fediverse works, you can visit our simple Getting Started Guide.

This site is run by the non-profit Fedecan and funded entirely by user donations. You can help support us by visiting our donations page.

Rules and Guidelines

1. No Bigotry

Including racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, or xenophobia.

2. Be Civil

Argue in good faith, attack the argument; not the person, and promote a healthy debate. That includes implying violence, threats or wishes of violence and/or death.

3. No Porn

This instance is not made to host porn communities. You’re free to access porn communities on other instances through your account, but be mindful of Rule 4.

4. Use the NSFW tag

Use your common sense: if you wouldn’t want this image to show up on your work computer, tag it as such. In comments, use the :::spoiler ::: tag for NSFW images, and put a NSFW mention beside links. Do not use NSFW images as your avatar or banner.

5. No Ads / Spam

This instance is not there to act as your billboard. If you want to promote your personal work, at least make the effort to be a contributing member of this community. Your account purpose shouldn’t be to only advertise, make it natural.

6. Bot account

If you are the operator of a “bot” account, make sure to flag is as such in the account’s settings.

7. Right to privacy

Do NOT distribute the personal information of someone else without their consent (aka doxxing). Information that is public domain can be shared, provided it is in good faith.
ex: The official email of an elected official is fair, the private phone number or the real name of a non-public person is NOT.

8. Report abuse

The report function isn’t labelled the disagree button. You might not agree with someone, but that doesn’t mean what the person says is against the rules. Using it repeately in this fashion will lead to actions being taken against the reporter.

9. Impersonation

Don’t make an account with the intent to negatively deceive or defame someone on the fediverse.
ex: Parody of a famous person is okay, submitting outrageous content as appearing like another user, mod or admin isn’t.

Contact an Admin:

Send us a message at @admin@lemmy.ca
Send us an email at support@lemmy.ca

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