This decision was followed by an announcement that Diagolon would delete its private, pay-to-enter chat room.
Diagolon Influencer Deletes Telegram History, Announces Hiatus From Streaming
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The symbol and flag of Diagolon originally created by Jeremy MacKenzie.
One of the leading influencers of the Diagolon community has announced an indefinite hiatus. Alex Vriend, better known by his pseudonym The Ferryman’s Toll, wiped his history on the encrypted social media application where he built his following.
Initially wiping his Telegram channel on January 23, the only message left to his over 18,000 subscribers was “tribe and train,” a slogan Vriend has spread throughout the Diagolon network—a white nationalist online community built around the fandom of several far-right live streamers and content creators.
Telegram is an encrypted one-to-one, one-to-many communication application owned by a Russian-based not-for-profit. It is popular among extremists due to its lack of moderation.
“It's pretty simple, I don't enjoy being a ‘streamer’ or ‘influencer,’” Vriend wrote. “I never have and I have made it very well known that I don't actually want to do this shit.”
Vriend added that he dislikes modern politics, and will “defer to the people who are already saying everything I have to say” and that he intends to “shut up and tribe and train.”
Vriend appeared in one of a few photographs allegedly showing members of the Second Sons Canada, an in-person nationalist group that Vriend and other influential individuals within the Diagolon community have been forming.
Vriend made a name for himself within Diagolon creating memes, viral fake headlines, and eventually hosting an after-show to Diagolon concept creator Jeremy MacKenzie. When moving across the country, Vriend chose to sell most of his personal belongings and drive, during which he met and connected with various local pockets of the community.
Responding to comments on the social site X, Vriend’s account said he would still be involved with Second Sons Canada. When accused of quitting by other accounts, he tells them “I feel like you missed the part where I said I plan on focusing on tribe and train.”
Information has been slow to be revealed about the Second Sons, though a physical requirement was released in the Diagolon private chat room.
Over the social media he has kept active, Vriend says “Whether or not this will be permanent, I don't know.”
“All I know is that I have nothing left to say and no desire to say anything more, other than thank you to everyone who supported me.”
Diagolon Deleted
Vriend’s break comes on the heels of Diagolon concept creator and de facto leader, Jeremy MacKenzie announcing that they will be deleting the pay-for-entry chat server they offer to fans and supporters.
Access to the chat was available on an annual subscription basis for $50. Ticket holders from their 2024 tour to multiple provinces featuring performances staged by MacKenzie, Vriend, and other influential individuals within Diagolon were also given access as part of their ticket price.
MacKenzie told the private chat that he hoped supporters who intended to make connections and “find like-minded people” had done so.
“Unfortunately, the majority of interactions have been incessant shit posting and spam chatting nonsense which is only enabling and comforting the terminally online people,” MacKenzie wrote in an administrator channel.
“While I don't care if anyone wants to waste their days staring at a screen all day long — I do care that some friends and associates have to volunteer time to stay on top of moderating criminal behaviour, subversion and so on — ultimately for zero benefit.”
Calling this the “third experiment” with trying to establish an online “communal zone,” he says that all three have “amounted to adult daycare.”
Diagolon previously organized a collection of regional groups to help supporters connect to others in the same area. Most of these were shuttered around the end of the convoy in February 2022.
Before that, a chat room connected to MacKenzie’s channel served as a primary discussion space before it was deleted.
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