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===Purge of patriotic socialists=== | ===Purge of patriotic socialists=== | ||
In July 2022, the moderators of Lemmygrad made a joint statement banning [[patriotic socialism]] and support for [[settler colonialism]].<ref>{{Web citation|author=@muad_dibber|newspaper=Lemmygrad: Communism|title=Lemmygrad mod team statement on "patriotic socialism"|url=https://lemmygrad.ml/post/300839|retrieved=2023-01-18}}</ref> In September 2022, [[MAGACommunism|MAGA communists]] banned from Lemmygrad created an impostor instance called lemmygrad.com.<ref>{{Web citation|author=@TheAnonymouseJoker|newspaper=Lemmygrad|title=URGENT REMINDER THAT THIS HAS BEEN CREATED. BEWARE.|url=https://lemmygrad.ml/post/388618|retrieved=2022-11-25}}</ref> | In July 2022, the moderators of Lemmygrad made a joint statement banning [[patriotic socialism]] and support for [[settler colonialism]].<ref>{{Web citation|author=@muad_dibber|newspaper=Lemmygrad: Communism|title=Lemmygrad mod team statement on "patriotic socialism"|url=https://lemmygrad.ml/post/300839|retrieved=2023-01-18}}</ref> In September 2022, [[MAGACommunism|MAGA communists]] banned from Lemmygrad created an impostor instance called lemmygrad.com.<ref>{{Web citation|author=@TheAnonymouseJoker|newspaper=Lemmygrad|title=URGENT REMINDER THAT THIS HAS BEEN CREATED. BEWARE.|url=https://lemmygrad.ml/post/388618|retrieved=2022-11-25}}</ref> | ||
=== New rules === | |||
In September 2022, Lemmygrad adopted two new rules banning sexual content and right-deviationists (MAGA communists, [[National Bolshevism|nazbols]], etc.). While the moderators were already following these rules in practice, the announcement formalized Lemmygrad's stance on these issues.<ref>{{Web citation|author=@CriticalResist8|newspaper=Announcements|title=2 new rules added to the sidebar|url=https://lemmygrad.ml/post/379908|retrieved=2022-03-27}}</ref> | |||
==User demographics== | ==User demographics== | ||
Revision as of 19:30, 27 March 2023
Lemmygrad | |
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 The logo of Lemmygrad, featuring a tank, a reference to the slur "tankie", and wheat emblem, historically a communist symbol | |
 Main page of Lemmygrad in January 2023 | |
| Type | Forum, news aggregator |
| Founded | 17 August, 2019 communism.lemmy.ml |
| Founder | Dessalines |
| Key people | Dessalines, Farmer Heck, CriticalResist, Forte and others |
| Users | 7.64K registered users (~100 online at a time) |
| URL | lemmygrad.ml |
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Lemmygrad is a communist, Marxist-Leninist social media platform founded in August 2019.[1] Lemmygrad is based on Lemmy.
Lemmygrad was created by dessalines and Farmer Heck.[a] It has over 34,000 posts and over 360 active users.[2]
History
Lemmygrad was the second Lemmy instance created, after lemmy.ml.[3] 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.[4]
r/GenZedong immigration
In March 2022, Reddit quarantined r/GenZedong, which resulted in GenZedong users migrating to Lemmygrad to keep the community solvent.[5] After Reddit banned and removed r/GenZhou, an educational companion subreddit to r/GenZedong, Lemmygrad users resurrected an archive of it at /c/genzhouarchive.[6]
DDoS attack
In April 2022, liberals organized a series of distributed denial of service attacks against Lemmygrad.[7]
Purge of patriotic socialists
In July 2022, the moderators of Lemmygrad made a joint statement banning patriotic socialism and support for settler colonialism.[8] In September 2022, MAGA communists banned from Lemmygrad created an impostor instance called lemmygrad.com.[9]
New rules
In September 2022, Lemmygrad adopted two new rules banning sexual content and right-deviationists (MAGA communists, nazbols, etc.). While the moderators were already following these rules in practice, the announcement formalized Lemmygrad's stance on these issues.[10]
User demographics
Lemmygrad's user demographic has been growing steadily as Reddit continues to censor Marxist and communist communities,[11] and as racist attacks against Chinese and Russian users increase.
External sources
References
- ↑ Lemmygrad's first post dated 17 August 2019. Link
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ @muad_dibber. "Lemmygrad mod team statement on "patriotic socialism"" Lemmygrad: Communism. Retrieved 2023-01-18.
- ↑ @TheAnonymouseJoker. "URGENT REMINDER THAT THIS HAS BEEN CREATED. BEWARE." Lemmygrad. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
- ↑ @CriticalResist8. "2 new rules added to the sidebar" Announcements. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
- ↑ Kevin Reed (2020-07-02). "Reddit bans 2,000 communities in major censorship action" WSWS.
Notes
- ↑ Currently known as Muad'Dibber and Black Tulip, respectively, on Lemmygrad.