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r/Calgary PUBLIC
The Official subreddit for the City of Calgary located in Alberta, Canada! #YYC
Marketing Summary
r/Calgary is a PUBLIC community on Reddit with over 438,442 members. It currently has a positive sentiment with an engagement rate of 0.4%. With a community friendliness score of 80, this subreddit presents a moderate conversion potential for authentic brand participation. Strict rules against self-promotion are in place, so marketing should focus strictly on value-driven community engagement.
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Subreddit Rules
- 1 - Insults/Trolling: Be civil and respectful. r/Calgary welcomes free speech and open debate, but it must remain respectful. Name-calling, personal attacks, harassment, and trolling will be removed and may lead to a ban. Keep discussion constructive we can have healthy conversations and not call each other name. If you cannot follow this rule this is not the sub for you.
- Abuse toward moderators will not be tolerated, if you have a MOD problem please us MOD Mail.
- 2 - Low content/low info/easily Googled: Posts that are vague, low-info, or easily answered by Google, phone call, or email may be removed at moderator discretion. This includes vague 1) “Looking for” posts (must include location and what you’ve already checked) 2) “What happened” posts 3 Review requests for services or businesses. 4) ‘Rage Bait Rants” This includes rants on Transit, Unhoused, Immigration
- If the post reads like a google search it will be removed
- Detailed post will add value to the sub, and get better answers.
- 3 - Editorialized/Inaccurate/Vague Title: Be descriptive with your titles on self posts to help users understand what is inside. Vague or deceptive titled posts will be removed.
- News articles are to be posted headline accurate. Save your personal opinions for the comments.
- 4 - Personal Information
- personal information
- personal phone numbers or addresses
- posting personal social media profiles for the purpose of "doxxing" as per Reddit Terms of Service. Anything that is Personally Identifiable Information (PII) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_data) will be removed. Posting of Names of non public figures will be removed and users will be banned.
- 5 - Submissions should be directly related to or impact Calgary in some way: Posts not directly related to Calgary and the surrounding area will be removed (or approved) at the discretion of the moderators.
- Post should have a net benefit to the Sub.
- If you are posting something not easily relatable to the city, please comment on the post, and engage the community on why you did, or how it is relevant. Please refrain from posting identical articles/posts to multiple subreddits at once, and this can be flagged as spam.
- 6 - Include Police Case/Occurrence Numbers for crime and "Look Crime" Post : 1. Please include a case/occurrence number for users to contact the police with for any requests for help relating to crime. This is to ensure information is passed onto the authorities, and users do not unwittingly send information to parties on the wrong side of an event. 2. "Look Crime" this kind of post will be removed unless a news article or CPS statement. We are a big City and crime does happen, please report to CPS. Post will be removed at Mods Teams discretion.
- 3. DashCam footage
- 7 - Political Posts: 1. Be an actual news article from a major media source or a self post. Self posts must have meaningful interaction from candidates or office holders, No Spam 2. Alberta and Canadian political issues will only be permitted if they are related to a specific Calgary MLA or MP, or directly related to Calgary. For general election news coverage/discussion, please refer to r/Alberta or r/Canada. 3. Political memes are not permitted. 4. Be Respectful 5
- cross posting
- 8 - Repetitive/Duplicate posts: Before creating a post, please use the search function. Repetitive/duplicate posts will be removed.
- Post related to "Best", "Hidden Gems", "Recommend me a Place", "Need Advice" are often posted so if the post is low effort of often posted it will be removed. The more detail you give the more helping the community can be.
- Post related to "Jobs Market" and "Looking for Friends" Also get posted often so please use Search before posting or if your post was removed.
- 9 - Hate comments: Homophopic or transphobic comments, racism, sexism, hate based and religious attacks will not be tolerated and may result in a permanent ban.
- 10 - Ban Evasion: Evading a ban is not allowed. Reddit’s automated systems flag accounts that attempt to bypass a ban, and the mod team enforces these actions. This includes creating new accounts, using alternate accounts, or otherwise circumventing restrictions. All related accounts will be removed and further bans may be applied. If you believe a ban was an error have account or system issues contact Reddit Support.
- spam. This includes buy/sell/trade posts, business promotion, advertising, social-media (Youtube, X/Twiter, Facebook) fundraising/GoFundMe, surveys, blog posts.
- Free tickets are ok, Please remove post after tickets are claimed.
- Non-Profit and free events are also exempt.
- If you have questions please us MOD Mail.
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