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[[File:GenZedong profile picture.png|thumb|224x224px|GenZedong's logo is [[Xi Jinping]] holding a bazooka in front of a burning [[Statesian]] flag.]]
'''GenZedong''' refers to a number of [[Socialism|socialist]] online communities that originated from a single one on the [[United States of America|US-based]] social media website [[Reddit]]. After Reddit quarantined GenZedong in 2022, the community split in different communities and with varying currents of [[Marxism]].


'''GenZedong''' is a socialist online community on the US-based social media website [[Reddit]]. It is dominated by the [[Marxism–Leninism|Marxist-Leninist]] tendency, and supports [[Actually Existing Socialism|AES states]] both in their scientific development of socialism, as well as their opposition to the imperialist global order.
==Censorship==
[[File:GenZedong discord censorship.jpg|thumb|224x224px|Discord admins messaging GenZedong about their server censorship, from the GenZedong Telegram ]]
In March 2022, GenZedong was quarantined by Reddit.<ref>{{News citation|newspaper=GenZedong community on Lemmygrad|title=Genzedong is quarantined|date=2022-03-23|url=https://lemmygrad.ml/post/156859}}</ref> GenZedong education subreddit '[[GenZhou]]' and Military History subreddit '[[GenZhukov]]' were banned as well for 'quarantine evasion' despite having been set up before the quarantine and for a different purpose than the original subreddit. Subsequent moderator disagreements lead users to mutiny and join the [[Lemmygrad]] GenZedong community. Around this same time, the GenZedong [[Discord]] server was censored by Discord admins for "spreading misinformation", i.e. challenging the [[bourgeois media]] narrative. Some GenZedong Discord users went to [[Matrix]], but most currently engage in Telegram. GenZhou's posts has been archived in Lemmygrad as 'GenZhouArchive'<ref>[https://lemmygrad.ml/post/187006 Raw master archive of /r/GenZhou] (2022-04-04) ''GenZhouArchive community on Lemmygrad.''</ref> whilst GenZhukov is considered lost.  


The GenZedong community has spun up an instance of Lemmy (an open source Reddit alternative) called [[Lemmygrad]] in order to ensure the continuity of the community if the US censors crack down on them.  
== Split ==
Following the ban, as GenZedong was quickly moving to a number of different services to conserve their community, a split happened between the different currents of Marxism that were present on the original subreddit. Several GenZedong discord servers were established and eventually grew into their own community with their own Matrix or Telegram groups.


== Censorship ==
At this time, it can be considered that none of the split communities have a direct lineage to the original GenZedong subreddit, except for the Lemmygrad community which was established by the moderators of the Reddit community.
In 2022, GenZedong was quarantined by Reddit. Subsequent moderator disagreements, lead users to mutiny and join the Lemmygrad GenZedong community.
[[File:GenZedong discord censorship.jpg|thumb|224x224px|Discord admins messaging GenZedong about their server censorship, from the GenZedong Telegram ]]
Around this same time, the GenZedong Discord server was censored by Discord admins for "spreading misinformation" i.e. challenging the [[bourgeois media]] narrative.  


The Discord refugees have fled to Matrix.
==External links==


== Links ==
*[https://www.reddit.com/r/GenZedong/ Reddit community]
 
*[https://lemmygrad.ml/c/genzedong Lemmygrad community] (Reddit alternative)
* [https://matrix.to/#/#gzdvetting:tedomum.net Matrix server] (Discord alternative)


== References ==
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[[Category:Lemmygrad Community]]
[[Category:Matrix Community]]
[[Category:Telegram Group]]

Latest revision as of 10:54, 19 September 2023

GenZedong's logo is Xi Jinping holding a bazooka in front of a burning Statesian flag.

GenZedong refers to a number of socialist online communities that originated from a single one on the US-based social media website Reddit. After Reddit quarantined GenZedong in 2022, the community split in different communities and with varying currents of Marxism.

Censorship[edit | edit source]

Discord admins messaging GenZedong about their server censorship, from the GenZedong Telegram

In March 2022, GenZedong was quarantined by Reddit.[1] GenZedong education subreddit 'GenZhou' and Military History subreddit 'GenZhukov' were banned as well for 'quarantine evasion' despite having been set up before the quarantine and for a different purpose than the original subreddit. Subsequent moderator disagreements lead users to mutiny and join the Lemmygrad GenZedong community. Around this same time, the GenZedong Discord server was censored by Discord admins for "spreading misinformation", i.e. challenging the bourgeois media narrative. Some GenZedong Discord users went to Matrix, but most currently engage in Telegram. GenZhou's posts has been archived in Lemmygrad as 'GenZhouArchive'[2] whilst GenZhukov is considered lost.

Split[edit | edit source]

Following the ban, as GenZedong was quickly moving to a number of different services to conserve their community, a split happened between the different currents of Marxism that were present on the original subreddit. Several GenZedong discord servers were established and eventually grew into their own community with their own Matrix or Telegram groups.

At this time, it can be considered that none of the split communities have a direct lineage to the original GenZedong subreddit, except for the Lemmygrad community which was established by the moderators of the Reddit community.

External links[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "Genzedong is quarantined" (2022-03-23). GenZedong community on Lemmygrad.
  2. Raw master archive of /r/GenZhou (2022-04-04) GenZhouArchive community on Lemmygrad.