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'''Lemmygrad''' is a [[Communism|communist]], [[Marxism-leninism|Marxist-Leninist]] social media platform founded in August 2019.<ref>Lemmygrad's first post dated 17 August 2019. [https://lemmygrad.ml/post/1 Link]</ref> It is built on Lemmy | '''Lemmygrad''' is a [[Communism|communist]], [[Marxism-leninism|Marxist-Leninist]] social media platform founded in August 2019.<ref>Lemmygrad's first post dated 17 August 2019. [https://lemmygrad.ml/post/1 Link]</ref> It is built on Lemmy;<ref>[https://join-lemmy.org Lemmy software website]</ref> a [[Free and open-source software|FOSS]], federated,<ref group=lower-alpha>Lemmy supports federation through [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ActivityPub ActivityPub]</ref> alternative to [[Reddit]]. | ||
Lemmygrad was the | Lemmygrad was developed by comrades ''[[User:Dessalines|dessalines]]'' and ''nutomic,'' and is run by a collection of communists from around the world. It has over 34,000 posts and over 360 active users.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Lemmygrad|url=https://lemmygrad.ml/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220802014902/https://lemmygrad.ml/|archive-date=2022-08-02|retrieved=2022-08-30}}</ref> | ||
==History== | |||
Lemmygrad was the second Lemmy instance created, after lemmy.ml.<ref>[https://lemmy.ml Lemmy instance website]</ref> Lemmygrad's mission statement is to create a proletarian owned-and-controlled social media platform, that exists outside the control and jurisdiction of US tech companies. Lemmy shares a similar mission statement;<ref>[https://join-lemmy.org/about About Lemmy]</ref> | |||
===[[GenZedong (subreddit)|/r/GenZedong]] Immigration=== | |||
In March 2022, [[GenZedong (subreddit)|/r/GenZedong]] was quarantined by Reddit, which resulted in GenZedong users migrating to Lemmygrad to keep the community solvent.<ref>{{Citation|title-url=https://lemmygrad.ml/post/156912|title=Welcome /r/GenZedong Refugees!|author=Muad'Dibber|publisher=Lemmygrad|city=Genzedong}}</ref> After Reddit banned and removed [[Genzhou (subreddit)|/r/GenZhou]], an educational companion subreddit to /r/GenZedong, Lemmygrad users resurrected an archive of it at /c/genzhouarchive.<ref>https://lemmygrad.ml/c/genzhouarchive</ref> | |||
===April 2022 DDoS Attack=== | |||
In April 2022, liberals organized a series of Distributed Denial of Service attacks against Lemmygrad.<ref>{{News citation|author=陈卫华是我的英雄|newspaper=GenZedong|title=We're getting DDOSed lmao|date=2022-03-26|url=https://lemmygrad.ml/post/175422|retrieved=2022-04-15}}</ref> | |||
==User Demographic== | |||
Lemmygrad's user demographic has been growing steadily as Reddit continues to censor [[Marxism|Marxist]] and communist communities,<ref>{{News citation|newspaper=[[WSWS]]|title=Reddit bans 2,000 communities in major censorship action|date=2020-07-02|url=https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/02/redd-j02.html|archive-url=|archive-date=|retrieved=|journalist=Kevin Reed}}</ref> and as racist attacks against [[People's Republic of China|Chinese]] and [[Russian Federation|Russian]] users increase. | |||
== External sources == | == External sources == | ||
[https://lemmygrad.ml/ Lemmygrad website] | * [https://lemmygrad.ml/ Lemmygrad website] | ||
* [https://join-lemmy.org Website for the Lemmy project.] | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
<references /> | <references /> | ||
===Notes=== | |||
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[[Category:Online communities]] | [[Category:Online communities]] | ||
[[Category:Alternative social media platforms]] | [[Category:Alternative social media platforms]] | ||
Revision as of 06:15, 1 September 2022
Lemmygrad is a communist, Marxist-Leninist social media platform founded in August 2019.[1] It is built on Lemmy;[2] a FOSS, federated,[a] alternative to Reddit.
Lemmygrad was developed by comrades dessalines and nutomic, and is run by a collection of communists from around the world. It has over 34,000 posts and over 360 active users.[3]
History
Lemmygrad was the second Lemmy instance created, after lemmy.ml.[4] Lemmygrad's mission statement is to create a proletarian owned-and-controlled social media platform, that exists outside the control and jurisdiction of US tech companies. Lemmy shares a similar mission statement;[5]
/r/GenZedong Immigration
In March 2022, /r/GenZedong was quarantined by Reddit, which resulted in GenZedong users migrating to Lemmygrad to keep the community solvent.[6] After Reddit banned and removed /r/GenZhou, an educational companion subreddit to /r/GenZedong, Lemmygrad users resurrected an archive of it at /c/genzhouarchive.[7]
April 2022 DDoS Attack
In April 2022, liberals organized a series of Distributed Denial of Service attacks against Lemmygrad.[8]
User Demographic
Lemmygrad's user demographic has been growing steadily as Reddit continues to censor Marxist and communist communities,[9] and as racist attacks against Chinese and Russian users increase.
External sources
References
- ↑ Lemmygrad's first post dated 17 August 2019. Link
- ↑ Lemmy software website
- ↑ Lemmygrad. Archived from the original on 2022-08-02. Retrieved 2022-08-30.
- ↑ Lemmy instance website
- ↑ About Lemmy
- ↑ Muad'Dibber. Welcome /r/GenZedong Refugees!. Genzedong: Lemmygrad.
- ↑ https://lemmygrad.ml/c/genzhouarchive
- ↑ 陈卫华是我的英雄 (2022-03-26). "We're getting DDOSed lmao" GenZedong. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
- ↑ Kevin Reed (2020-07-02). "Reddit bans 2,000 communities in major censorship action" WSWS.
Notes
- ↑ Lemmy supports federation through ActivityPub