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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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