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=== New rules === | === 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 | In September 2022, Lemmygrad adopted two new rules banning sexual content and [[Right-opportunism|right-deviationists]] (MAGA communists, [[National Bolshevism|nazbols]], etc.). While the moderators were already following these rules in practice, the announcement formalized Lemmygrad's stance.<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== | ||
Lemmygrad's user | Lemmygrad's user base 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 [[Racism|racist]] attacks against [[People's Republic of China|Chinese]] and [[Russian Federation|Russian]] users increase. | ||
In May 2023, Reddit greatly increased its API pricing, making many third party apps collapse and causing a mass migration to Lemmy, including Lemmygrad. | In May 2023, Reddit greatly increased its API pricing, making many third party apps collapse and causing a mass migration to Lemmy, including Lemmygrad.<ref>{{Web citation|author=@CriticalResist8|newspaper=Lemmygrad: Announcements|title=Please note Lemmygrad is a Marxist instance (principally Marxist-Leninist)!|date=2023-05-31|url=https://lemmygrad.ml/post/668436|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608014753/https://lemmygrad.ml/post/668436|archive-date=2023-06-08|retrieved=2023-06-15}}</ref> | ||
In June 2023, | In June 2023, Lemmygrad ran its first ever demographics survey with a sample size of 301 respondents (around 85% of the site's active users at the time.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=lemmygrad.ml|title=2023 demographics survey results in the link!|url=https://lemmygrad.ml/post/723191}}</ref> Only 38.7% of users are straight white cis males.<ref name=":1">{{Web citation|author=CriticalResist|title=2023 demographics survey results|url=https://pastes.io/07p5nd9dxc|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230614031926/https://pastes.io/07p5nd9dxc|archive-date=2023-06-14|retrieved=2023-06-15}}</ref> | ||
=== Age === | |||
Most users are young, with 7% under 18, 32% between 18 and 24, and 45% between 25 and 34. Only one user is aged 65 or older.<ref name=":1" /> | |||
=== Class and employment === | |||
61% of users are [[Proletariat|proletarians]] (83.8% if [[labor aristocracy]] is also included). 7% were [[Petty bourgeoisie|petty-bourgeois]], and 7% were [[Lumpenproletariat|lumpenproletarians]]. 55% of users are employed, mostly in full-time jobs (43.1% of the total), 16% are [[Unemployment|unemployed]] or unable to work, and 27.6% are students.<ref name=":1" /> | |||
=== Disability === | |||
11% of users have physical disabilities, and 60.8% have mental disabilities.<ref name=":1" /> | |||
=== Gender and sexuality === | |||
Only 52% of users are straight, followed by 18% bisexual, 6.7% gay, 6.7% pansexual, and 5.7% asexual. 71% of users are cis males, 9.3% are transgender females, 7.6% are nonbinary, 4% are cis females, and 1% are trans males.<ref name=":1" /> | |||
=== Language === | |||
73% of users are multilingual, with 20.8% of total users speaking at least three languages, 6.29% speaking at least four, and 3% speaking five or more. 27% only speak one language.<ref name=":1" /> | |||
=== Location === | |||
40% of users are from the USA or [[Canada]], followed by 21% from Western Europe, 12% from [[Eastern Europe]], 6.75% from [[South America]], 7.3% from Asia, and 2.7% from Africa.<ref name=":1" /> | |||
=== Race and ethnicity === | |||
65.7% of users identified as white, 11.5% as Asian (including 3.7% South Asian and 2.36% East Asian), 6.73% as Hispanic or Latino, and 4% as multiracial.<ref name=":1" /> | |||
=== Religion === | |||
60% of users are [[Atheism|atheists]], in addition to 12% agnostic. 9.73% are [[Christianity|Christians]], and [[Buddhism]], [[Hinduism]], [[Islam]], and [[Judaism]] are each about 2%.<ref name=":1" /> | |||
==External sources== | ==External sources== | ||
Revision as of 19:42, 15 June 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 |
| Flag | |
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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.[10]
User demographics
Lemmygrad's user base has been growing steadily as Reddit continues to censor Marxist and communist communities,[11] and as racist attacks against Chinese and Russian users increase.
In May 2023, Reddit greatly increased its API pricing, making many third party apps collapse and causing a mass migration to Lemmy, including Lemmygrad.[12]
In June 2023, Lemmygrad ran its first ever demographics survey with a sample size of 301 respondents (around 85% of the site's active users at the time.[13] Only 38.7% of users are straight white cis males.[14]
Age
Most users are young, with 7% under 18, 32% between 18 and 24, and 45% between 25 and 34. Only one user is aged 65 or older.[14]
Class and employment
61% of users are proletarians (83.8% if labor aristocracy is also included). 7% were petty-bourgeois, and 7% were lumpenproletarians. 55% of users are employed, mostly in full-time jobs (43.1% of the total), 16% are unemployed or unable to work, and 27.6% are students.[14]
Disability
11% of users have physical disabilities, and 60.8% have mental disabilities.[14]
Gender and sexuality
Only 52% of users are straight, followed by 18% bisexual, 6.7% gay, 6.7% pansexual, and 5.7% asexual. 71% of users are cis males, 9.3% are transgender females, 7.6% are nonbinary, 4% are cis females, and 1% are trans males.[14]
Language
73% of users are multilingual, with 20.8% of total users speaking at least three languages, 6.29% speaking at least four, and 3% speaking five or more. 27% only speak one language.[14]
Location
40% of users are from the USA or Canada, followed by 21% from Western Europe, 12% from Eastern Europe, 6.75% from South America, 7.3% from Asia, and 2.7% from Africa.[14]
Race and ethnicity
65.7% of users identified as white, 11.5% as Asian (including 3.7% South Asian and 2.36% East Asian), 6.73% as Hispanic or Latino, and 4% as multiracial.[14]
Religion
60% of users are atheists, in addition to 12% agnostic. 9.73% are Christians, and Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism are each about 2%.[14]
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.
- ↑ @CriticalResist8 (2023-05-31). "Please note Lemmygrad is a Marxist instance (principally Marxist-Leninist)!" Lemmygrad: Announcements. Archived from the original on 2023-06-08. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
- ↑ "2023 demographics survey results in the link!". lemmygrad.ml.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.6 14.7 14.8 CriticalResist. "2023 demographics survey results" Archived from the original on 2023-06-14. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
Notes
- ↑ Currently known as Muad'Dibber and Black Tulip, respectively, on Lemmygrad.