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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,<ref>[https://join-lemmy.org Lemmy software website] </ref> which is a [[Free and open-source software|FOSS]], federated,<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ActivityPub</ref> alternative to [[Reddit]]. 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>
'''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 second Lemmy instance created, after lemmy.ml.<ref>[https://lemmy.ml Lemmy instance website]</ref> Its mission statement closely matches that of the the Lemmy software;<ref>[https://join-lemmy.org/about About Lemmy]</ref> to create a proletarian owned-and-controlled social media platform, that exists outside the control and jurisdiction of US tech companies.
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>  


Its user base 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.
==History==


In 2022, [[GenZedong (subreddit)|/r/GenZedong]] was quarantined by Reddit, which resulted in a migration 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>
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>


Liberals have organized DDoS attacks against Lemmgrad.<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>  
===[[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 ==
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===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

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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

  1. ↑ Lemmygrad's first post dated 17 August 2019. Link
  2. ↑ Lemmy software website
  3. ↑ Lemmygrad. Archived from the original on 2022-08-02. Retrieved 2022-08-30.
  4. ↑ Lemmy instance website
  5. ↑ About Lemmy
  6. ↑ Muad'Dibber. Welcome /r/GenZedong Refugees!. Genzedong: Lemmygrad.
  7. ↑ https://lemmygrad.ml/c/genzhouarchive
  8. ↑ 陈卫华是我的英雄 (2022-03-26). "We're getting DDOSed lmao" GenZedong. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
  9. ↑ Kevin Reed (2020-07-02). "Reddit bans 2,000 communities in major censorship action" WSWS.

Notes

  1. ↑ Lemmy supports federation through ActivityPub
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