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'''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.
'''GenZedong''' is a [[Socialism|socialist]] online community on the US-based social media website [[Reddit]]. It is dominated by a [[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 [[Imperialism|imperialist]] global order. After Reddit quarantined GenZedong, the community is split between the original Reddit community and its counterpart in [[Lemmygrad]] as of May 2022. GenZedong also has a Matrix room and a Telegram group.<ref>{{News citation|newspaper=GenZedong community on Lemmygrad|title=Telegram lived, Telegram lives, Telegram will live!|date=2022-05-06|url=https://lemmygrad.ml/post/235842}}</ref>


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.
==Censorship==
 
== Censorship ==
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 ]]
[[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.  
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> 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.  
 
The Discord refugees have fled to Matrix.  


== Links ==
==Links==


* [https://matrix.to/#/#gzdvetting:tedomum.net Matrix server] (Discord alternative)
*[https://www.reddit.com/r/GenZedong/ Reddit community]
*[https://matrix.to/#/#gzdvetting:tedomum.net Matrix room] (Discord alternative)
*[https://lemmygrad.ml/c/genzedong Lemmygrad community] (Reddit alternative)
*[https://t.me/real_GenZedong_general Telegram group]


== References ==
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[[Category:Online communities]]
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[[Category:Targets of censorship]]
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Revision as of 04:39, 13 May 2022


GenZedong is a socialist online community on the US-based social media website Reddit. It is dominated by a Marxist-Leninist tendency, and supports AES states both in their scientific development of socialism, as well as their opposition to the imperialist global order. After Reddit quarantined GenZedong, the community is split between the original Reddit community and its counterpart in Lemmygrad as of May 2022. GenZedong also has a Matrix room and a Telegram group.[1]

Censorship

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

In March 2022, GenZedong was quarantined by Reddit.[2] 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.

Links

References

  1. "Telegram lived, Telegram lives, Telegram will live!" (2022-05-06). GenZedong community on Lemmygrad.
  2. "Genzedong is quarantined" (2022-03-23). GenZedong community on Lemmygrad.