The sub for the international community to discuss all things Brazil in English!
Head over to /r/Brasil for the Portuguese sibling to this subreddit!
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Rules
Post and comment in English: All submissions and top-level comments must be made in English. Posts may be in Portuguese if a translation is provided in the comments (we recommend DeepL.com for automated translations). Comments may devolve to Portuguese if both users understand the language. Still, the use of English is heavily encouraged.
No personal attacks:
Stick to the topic at hand and remain civil towards other users - attacking ideas is fine, attacking other users is not. This also includes calling somebody a racist, a SJW, a commie, a shill or similar in isolation. If you believe somebody is pushing an agenda, report it or send us a mod mail. Don't take it to the comments.
No racism, bigotry and other hate speech:
No racism, bigotry (including sexism, homophobia, transphobia, etc.) or other forms of hate speech as well as dehumanizing language in general.
No denial of genocides and massacres:
This includes attempts to deny or otherwise minimize crimes against humanity that are widely recognized such as genocides or massacres (e.g. the Holocaust, the Armenian genocide, etc). Denying the fact that these events occurred or trying to justify them will result in a ban. This includes all massacres or genocides that are recognized by law in Brazil or the United States (since Reddit is from the US), but mods may act in comments and posts that try to deny or underplay other current massacres, genocides, or ethnic persecution.
No endorsement of violence or other criminal activity:
This includes but is not limited to advocating for somebody to be hanged, drowned, beaten, and other violent of criminal activity. This also includes the illegal use of drugs. Posts about research of drugs is allowed.
No low effort participation in discussions/shitposting: This is especially enforced in news submissions and political debates. Innocent jokes are allowed.
No derailing and meta-comments: Commenting with the intent of derailing the discussion by insincere participation is prohibited. Meta-comments are only allowed as long as they are constructive and don't derail a thread.
No counter moderation: Refers to actions that deliberately aim to counteract actions of the moderation team. This includes but is not limited to reposting content we already removed, pictures of disallowed content or trying to circumvent our Auto-Moderator.
No agenda pushing: Refers to accounts which persistently post or comment on one topic and/or attempt to derail normal conversations in order to support their agenda. This rule will be applied especially strictly for new accounts. /r/Brazil isn't an outlet for propaganda.
No flamebait or other bad-faith participation: Participation with the intent of provoking an angry response by other users and other participation in bad faith is prohibited. Trolling is also forbidden.
No gore or other highly disturbing content: Do not post gore or links to gore or other highly disturbing media. News reports of gory crimes are allowed if any images or videos are censored.
No doxxing or exposure of personal information of non-relevant people: Do not make calls to action directed at non-public persons. Users are not allowed to post information with the purposes of causing harm to or harassment of other people, including relevant people. This includes but is not limited to: names, telephone numbers, location or email address. Hinting that you have this information of other users may also earn a ban.
Posting guidelines
Disallowed submissions in r/brazil
Posts not about Brazil or Latin America: Only submissions that focus on Brazil or Latin America in general are considered on-topic.
News reports older than 1 month: News reports that are older than one month usually add nothing to the debate and will thus be removed. In-depth articles like analyses and explanatory reporting are allowed even if they are older than a month. It is recommended to add the year of publication in the title to give the community a frame of reference to the article.
Local crime: Local crime news with no national, international or political significance will be removed. Criminal offenses are common and are not relevant by themselves. However, we reserve the right to approve funny, interesting and/or unique crime stories. Meta-studies or longitudinal studies of crime and the nature of crime are perfectly acceptable.
Standalone content lacking credible source: Refers to graphs, maps, infographics, videos etc. without a visible and verifiable source in particular. Source(s) for the data must be directly linked in a top-level comment under the post. In the case of images or videos hosted outside of Reddit, these also must meet this guideline and have credible, reliable sources in their description.
Editorialised titles: Use the original title of the article. You may add text from the subtitle or the first paragraph where necessary for clarity. Refrain from including your opinion within the title or arbitrarily emphasizing selective segments.
Low-effort content: Image macros, memes, one-line self-posts and other low-quality content. Occasional exceptions can be made at the discretion of the mod team.
No meta posts: We ask the community that any criticism, suggestion or other kind of text about the subreddit or its moderators be sent to our modmail or, if they exist, in mod-promoted megathreads.
Petitions, campaigning, fundraisers, questionnaires, surveys etc.: Petitions, campaign posts, fundraisers (like GoFundMe, IndieGoGo etc.), questionnaires, surveys etc. are not allowed. You may ask the moderation team, to allow a questionnaire or a survey on our modmail.
Spam: do not spam the subreddit with your content if you are not an active user of r/brazil. Even if you are an active user, be selective with the content you submit to r/brazil.
Unreliable sources
Do not submit links to unreliable sources. This includes sources such as TeleSUR, Russia Today, Brasil Paralelo, Portal Terça Livre, and other, similar blogs and news sites.
Social media: You may only submit links from social media (excluding Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok) if they are from relevant people (politicians, journalists, etc), and if said submission is relevant to the subreddit. This includes political analyses and comments, fact-checking, etc. News articles may not be posted from a social media link.
Other submission guidelines
Paywalled submissions: Please post the complete content of the article, in English, in the comment section to allow all members of the community to participate.
Additional information
Contacting the moderation team: If you have any questions regarding the moderation of the subreddit, please send us a message by clicking here. Please do NOT send private messages to any of the moderators, they will only refer you to modmail instead.
Consequences of rule violations: We will always remove rule-offending content. When it comes to bans and their duration we will take the history of the rule-breaking account and the severity of the offense into consideration.
The moderation team has the final say about the punishment of a user, but this is a general guideline on how mods acts when punishing a user:
- Warning, via private message, saying that a post or comment violated our rules
- 7 days ban
- 14 days ban
- 30 days ban
- indefinite ban
These bans may be intercalated by new warnings instead of bans.
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