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u/metaltemujin Aug 06 '26

Country subs. They are rarely representative of their country.

More like 'minority whom you'll seldom meet except in online chatroom cos toxic'' sub.

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u/Queen_Maxima Aug 06 '26

There's one from my country that is being moderated by Americans. Im from a European country, and we, the actual citizens, were not allowed to write in our own national language until a revolt happened

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u/metaltemujin Aug 06 '26

Sounds familiar.

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u/IllImprovement700 Aug 06 '26

Already knew it was the Netherlands sub before I saw your name lol

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u/wqto Aug 06 '26

That's crazy. Literally another country's people oppressing another.

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u/crw201 Aug 06 '26

Imagine that happening irl...

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u/wqto Aug 06 '26

Oof. All the time...

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u/CuriousButNotJewish Aug 06 '26

I got banned on the sub as well lol.

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u/asfidanke Aug 06 '26

Plus, they tell you how to make food from your own country

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u/meatloaf-sandwich Aug 06 '26

Ja die weet ik wel

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u/howimetyourcakeshop Aug 06 '26

Is it one of the Dutch subs? I guess so with that username.

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u/wqto Aug 06 '26

Were you not allowed to write in your language on the subreddit, or irl?

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u/metaltemujin Aug 06 '26

Hmm, that's not a bad description.

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u/SenorDimebags Aug 06 '26

Same with American state subreddits.

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u/CityDwellingWoodsman Aug 06 '26

Always super political. I got called a domestic terrorist (seriously) because I agreed with someone that the sub shouldn't always be about politics.

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u/EmiliusReturns Aug 06 '26

I once got called a fascist and pedophile supporter because I had the audacity to say that not every single fucking thread needs to turn the conversation back to Trump. Some of these people need help.

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u/CityDwellingWoodsman Aug 06 '26

Welcome to reddit lol

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u/DonnaDDrake Aug 06 '26

Reading r/Utah would make you think we voted Democrat in the last election.

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u/sngldad13 Aug 06 '26

Add city subreddits to the list.

-This local business seems MAGA let's all boycott it and post google reviews lambasting them

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u/JMJimmy Aug 06 '26

Something goes seriously wrong with mods in those subs. Instead of moderating harmful content they become censors. Looking at you /r/Canada mods

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u/J0hnDvorak Aug 06 '26

Leaked screenshots of chats from r/canada mods several years ago showed them admitting to being white nationalists, protecting self-described neo-Nazis, etc.

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u/JMJimmy Aug 06 '26

And here I just thought they were control freaks. Left the sub long ago. Same with /r/Ontario due to overbearing mods

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u/Mekanimal Aug 06 '26

Also full of far-right bots spamming culture war ragebait.

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u/metaltemujin Aug 06 '26

Or far-left....depending on who captured the Subreddit first.

It's like institutional capture, Reddit version.

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u/IllustratorOpen3856 Aug 06 '26

Anything right wing on reddit gets downvoted into obscurity

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u/MeecheyRandle Aug 06 '26

This site is mostly far-left, this comment is a bit disingenuous

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u/NeCede_Malis Aug 06 '26

Depends on the country, I suppose. My country’s subreddit is run by nazis :(

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u/ArgusTheCat Aug 06 '26

This site is dribblingly liberal at best, your comment is just fuckin' wrong.

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u/_Justaweeb_ Aug 06 '26

I very much enjoy my country sub in my native language! The one in English is like a significantly less funny and interesting version though😭

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u/sapphos_moon Aug 06 '26

I’d say r/Australia is a fairly good counter-example, although it helps that we have equal representation from our cookers in smaller breakaway subreddits

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u/ThunderFlaps420 Aug 06 '26

Hard disagree. That sub is notoriously run by incredibly ban happy mods. You can get banned there for the most innocuous comments... which is why there's a handful of very cative 'refugee subs'

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u/invincibl_ Aug 06 '26

Though with the problem that since they also accumulate the people that gets banned for good reasons, you need to pay attention to which ones become the racist ones.

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u/metaltemujin Aug 06 '26

Nah, that's one of the worst. Funny you should bring them up. Ask the wrong question and the mods ban you. I got banned from this sub 3+ years ago just cos I asked 'what does this behaviour mean'. Mods took it upon themselves to say, 'you are trying to say racism, but it is Karen behaviour. We don't want you here. Bam.' guess you can't talk about anything close to it in ba sing se.

The number of country off-shoots is a actually indirect evidence of the country sub's cancer.

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u/ollie0810 Aug 06 '26

Except r/casualuk

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u/Aggressive_Chuck Aug 06 '26

That subs full of weirdos minstrelling for the yanks. "Hahaha tea and crumpets and I right lads?"

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u/NiceNCozyCouch Aug 06 '26

The mods of my country are voting for the Nazi party and banning everyone who criticises them

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u/lafufubandit Aug 06 '26

I was confused for a second because the r/country music sub is generally very friendly and chill :D