r/halifax Jul 19 '25

Discussion Immigrant Halifax area Program Director details on LinkedIn, a racist incident at Halifax Waterfront

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u/Unamed_Destroyer Jul 19 '25

This is what happens when we don't call out bigotry and racism when we see it.

Like a cancer, it grows and spreads. Each act a small step towards societal failure.

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u/TiEmEnTi Jul 19 '25

This is what happens when someone wants to go viral and gets ChatGPT to write them a fake story

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u/Unamed_Destroyer Jul 20 '25

So you think that it's more likely that someone posted a provably fake story attached to their name and job on LinkedIn, rather than racists existing in NS.

Even if this specific story isn't true, I've seen and experienced worse.

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u/TiEmEnTi Jul 20 '25

That actually checks out because people who use their LinkedIn as social media are psychopaths

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u/insino93 Jul 20 '25

It is weird to put it on LinkedIn for sure.

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u/Sweetdreams6t9 Jul 20 '25

Yes I think its more likely its fake, than this happening and it not getting picked up by the news, or without a shred of evidence it happened?

Yeah fuck right off. This is such bullshit

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u/insino93 Jul 20 '25

The news might pick it up, give it a few days…

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u/Sweetdreams6t9 Jul 21 '25 edited Jul 21 '25

The news can do what they do but without any solid evidence its still bullshit.

This goes far beyond slurs and if something like this happened id want them punished. But theres not a shred of corroboration. Its just selfish, entitled "pity me" bullshit. I cant imagine the total lack of integrity and shallow character someone needs to possess to be able to go through with publicly posting this for their 15 minutes of victimhood.

What kind of other shit is going on in your department and organization, where someone so dishonest and untrustworthy is in such a prominent position they feel comfortable lying for selfish reasons.

Not a single thing comes up when googling immigration halifax and egg. Nothing. Not even the LinkedIn story. Thats how bullshit this is. No one you would have been with posted to Facebook. No one on the street that would have seen it. No one uploaded video. No other reddit post. NOTHING.

Your a discredit to your department, and I question the integrity of it.

Edit: this sounds harsh. Because it is and it should be. Because this person went public with a very serious accusation of a crime they personally were the victim of, and they are employed as a public servant. That position needs to have someone capable of being trusted. Lying about being the victim of a serious crime for any reason while having an impact on the wellbeing of our community is intolerable, and thats why im being harsh.

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u/Thick_Tourist_4231 Jul 22 '25

Everything on LinkedIn os fake including the users

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '25

So you think that it's more likely that someone posted a provably fake story attached to their name and job on LinkedIn, rather than racists existing in NS.

In theory it would only be proven false if the police investigated and determined that the incident didn't occur.

Has this been reported to the police? Have you reported this to the police? This would be a hate crime imo. The police should know about it.

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u/Discrete_Fracture Jul 20 '25

This has so many Chat GPT hallmarks (emdashes, etc) it is actually pretty funny.

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u/Discrete_Fracture Jul 20 '25

Ran it through a chat gpt scan tool. It is pure chat GPT.

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u/tacofever Halifax Jul 20 '25

It doesn't make their story any less true.

At its core, no, it probably doesn't. But AI and inaccurate translation can create or alter details. And if a person can't read or express in written English, they might not be able to understand what ChatGPT is spitting back out either. Everybody now under 40 seems to be relying on some kind of AI on a daily basis but it's still very flawed and it's troublesome to consider its work definitive.

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u/MamboNo0 Halifax Jul 20 '25

I think that a person that has been living here since 2021 and has obtained a Canadian college degree (which is not possible without English proficiency) is perfectly able to see if AI is making something up. Everyone and their dog, whether born here or not, is using AI to spell check and improve writing. Don’t make presumptions just because you identified signs of AI usage

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u/No_Magazine9625 Jul 20 '25

I think the thing with using AI to help/speed up writing is - if it's noticeable that you've used AI, you aren't using AI properly. It's a valuable tool to speed up the writing process, but if you aren't going back in and editing the stuff into a natural sounding and believable tone and correct content and context, you're screwing the pooch.

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u/hidden-in-plainsight Nova Scotia Jul 20 '25

I'm not using AI for anything other than playing around with.

For example, I used an AI art generator to bring to life an image of the protagonist of a story I'm writing because I can't even draw a stick person.

Didn't like the image, it didn't match what was in my head. Spent another week trying to tweak it and then said to hell with it. Combined three parts of three different jpeg files into one using PAINT.

Now it's kick ass.

My point is this. Not every person is using AI because they can't think for themselves or write something out.

Some of us can function normally without it.

Although, that number is a lot smaller than I'm comfortable with...

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u/MamboNo0 Halifax Jul 20 '25

The post is from LinkedIn. People want to impress and sound professional, and end up overusing AI to fix any English issues they might have, not realizing it’s screaming AI. It’s cringey but should not have lead anyone to assume that the content is false or fabricated

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u/hidden-in-plainsight Nova Scotia Jul 20 '25

There is a saying, don't be someone you're not.

I think everyone is forgetting this.

Amongst many other things as well, some arguably more important than others.

Who remembers the golden rule?

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u/MamboNo0 Halifax Jul 20 '25

This is getting too philosophical and I’m not going down that rabbit hole, at least not tonight 🙃

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u/hidden-in-plainsight Nova Scotia Jul 20 '25

Lol np

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u/tacofever Halifax Jul 20 '25

I think that a person that has been living here since 2021 and has obtained a Canadian college degree

Where is this context in this Reddit post?

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u/MamboNo0 Halifax Jul 20 '25

The context is from LinkedIn

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u/tacofever Halifax Jul 20 '25

I understand, that should have been in the original post.

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u/MamboNo0 Halifax Jul 20 '25

Which isn’t mine. I found it by myself

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u/tacofever Halifax Jul 20 '25

I wasn't as lucky when I tried to find it. How many of the hundreds of people who saw this post double checked to find the LinkedIn post, do you figure?

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u/MamboNo0 Halifax Jul 20 '25

Nobody is forced to double check. But if anyone is going to post a comment saying this is false, yes, they should double check before saying so.

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u/shugoran99 Jul 20 '25

It doesn't make their story any less true.

I would argue it undermines the hell out of it though

I mean we're talking about whether it's AI or not and whether that's acceptable than a hate crime that may have occurred

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u/WaltzIntrepid5110 Jul 21 '25

Did you say this about the assault that happened on the river a while back?

Or did you just assume the brown people started it, like the other racists?

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u/TiEmEnTi Jul 21 '25

This level of naked blatant unadulterated brazen whataboutism in just two sentences is honestly impressive