Welcome to even more new users! There’s real hype behind Lemmygrad due to the Reddit API thing, which drives further hype for people to recommend Lemmygrad to their friends.
This post should contain everything to get you started using Lemmygrad, so please read it entirely. Then, at the end, why not make your first comment in this thread and tell us about yourself?
What is Federation
Lemmygrad works similarly to Reddit for users. You can make posts, subscribe to communities, comment on posts, etc.
The major part where we differ from Reddit (aside from the fact we’re not corporate-owned and don’t run ads) is that Lemmy allows federation to other instances. If you click on the “All” button at the top of your home page, you’ll see posts from Lemmygrad as well as other instances (two big ones we federate with is lemmy.ml and lemmy.world). You can act on those instances the same way you would act on Lemmygrad, except they have their own rules and moderation team. They’re completely independent from us, you can just interact with them. And they can interact with us too.
You can also subscribe to federated communities by the way, and they will show up on your “Subscribed” view (on the same group of buttons as All).
We also federate with Mastodon and other ActivityPub projects by the way. You access all federation from lemmygrad.ml, by using the All button or typing the URL you want to reach in the search bar.
Speaking of, please read our rules
Lemmygrad-wide rules are on the homepage. I’ll copy them here too:
Rules
- No capitalist apologia / anti-communism.
- No bigotry - including racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, or xenophobia.
- Be respectful. This is a safe space where all comrades >should feel welcome, this includes a warning against >uncritical sectarianism.
- No porn or sexually explicit content (even if marked >NSFW).
- No right-deviationists (patsocs, nazbols, strasserists, >duginists, etc).
Since January 2023, the creation of new “Shit X Say” type communities is not allowed. Please post anything of that nature to Shit Reactionaries Say or Shit Ultras Say.
We take these rules seriously and you will be warned or even banned (temporarily or permanently) for breaking them. We’ve cultivated a very laid-back and welcoming atmosphere here over the years though, so don’t be scared to participate haha
If you participate on Lemmygrad from another instance, we also expect you will respect our rules.
Creating communities
Unlike other Lemmy instances, we allow users to create communities here. You’re free to create a community (subreddits on the aforementioned inferior competitor), but please look around to make sure it doesn’t already exist. Community bloat is a real problem on such a small site, which is why we merged the Shit X Say communities into just 2 earlier this year.
You’re free to run a community you create however you want for the most part, but you have to respect and enforce the instance rules. For our part we try not to step on your toes as a mod unless we have to make a sitewide ban. Essentially it helps spread the load of moderation from our small team of 5 people.
As a moderator, you can’t ban people from the lemmygrad as a whole, just from your community. Generally, we find that someone who gets banned from a community should be banned from the whole instance, so in that case feel free to contact us or make a report and we’ll look at it.
How to make reports
We’re a small team managing a growing forum, and as such we rely on reports to see what we can’t see ourselves. Please see this post: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/727768
What else?
We try to submit big decisions to the community for input as much as possible, for example the merger of SXS communities was first put to a vote, and then further discussed to see how we should go about it.
We hope you enjoy Lemmygrad, now it’s your turn ;) tell us a bit about yourself!
Hello! I was never that active on Reddit, but it’s good to find a federated alternative, anyways. I try to make socialist infographics in my spare time.
Former redditor ready to finally burn that bridge. Sick of the libs always finding excuses to justify making deals with fascists or saying “we should do X” when it’s obvious the machine will never allow their fantasy reforms. I’m a fan of dissecting rhetoric and propaganda, with an interest in mental wellness, comparative religion, and consciously examining how we make meaning.
I do my best to live a life without illusions while not becoming disillusioned and try to focus on bringing change over the long term.
Did you come with the Reddit post on /r/InformedTankie?
No, maybe SocialistRA?
Gotcha.
Yoooo, I just joined lemmy.ml a couple of days ago as part of the reddit exodus. I expect to be spending a ton of time here though, you all seem rad. I don’t adhere to a particular political ideology beyond leftist simply because I don’t feel knowledgeable enough in any flavor of communism or anarchism to brandish the label. I haven’t read any theory but have tried to do some independent research on Cuba and North Korea specifically. I feel like I’ve done just enough to kill my brain worms and recognize that they aren’t these evil superpowers that American propaganda paints them to be. Also Michael Parenti is daddy.
Definitely will be here lurking and learning and expanding my understanding of Marxism. And shitposts of course lol. Stoked to be here!
I don’t feel knowledgeable enough in any flavor of communism or anarchism to brandish the label
We’re all still learning, comrade. It took me a long while to call myself a Marxist. There’s a tipping point where you can’t go back and have to embrace what you’ve become haha.
I don’t feel knowledgeable enough in any flavor of communism or anarchism to brandish the label
Well you’ll be happy to know you’ve already started reverse-engineering Mao
For real though, welcome, I’m new here myself from the hexagonal bear site and while it’s a nice active place, we don’t get the same amount of newcomers over there that this place does, and seeing so many new comrades warms my heart.
happy to have you comrade, if you like Parenti you’re a friend of mine ✊
what are your favorite works of his?
Did you come with the Reddit post that I posted back on /r/InformedTankie (and subsequently cross-posted to a lot of places)?
If anyone has, please tell me.
Saw this posted on r/socialism, so I came. Happy to be here. Will mostly be lurking. Heavy RevLeftRadio Red_Menace listener. Can’t quite quit Reddit because I need my doses of tradespeople talking about plumbing, home maintenance, and permaculture.
Still cross-posting this thread on Reddit; I will stop soon though:
Hi! I came here because I was curious about Lemmy after Hexbear swapped back over to it.
So far I’m just concerned that I’m too much of an anti-secular softie to fit here, I get the impression a lot of people here came from genzdong and other subreddits during the recent Dark Ages when self described “anarchists” started calling anyone who wanted anything more extreme than liberal policies a “tankie”, so they’re understandably pretty disillusioned with anarchists in general.
what do you mean by “anti-secular softie”? No hostility, just asking
I have actually, in real life, kissed an anarchist on the mouth.
I don’t think this is gonna work out
I mean, if you’d rather I alienate people because of their glorified consumer choice political identity, I can
I believe Navaryn was joking. Anarchist views definitely get pushback here, but the users are generally friendly. I have no issue with anarchists if they’re anti-imperialist and anti-colonialist, and I think many others here would more or less agree with that
Thanks for having me! This is my first time being openly communist online. I’m a long time lurker, and I love the vibe here. In light of the recent radlib uprising though, I really wanted to openly show my support for my comrades here.
I really wanted to openly show my support for my comrades here
Based. Welcome, comrade o7
Beware of the tankies though, they’re literally everywhere
wait there’s tankies here?? wtf what kind of instance did I join
Oh my. I would certainly hate to encounter such people.
What are tankies, again?
I thought they were people who wanted to send tanks to Ukraine?
I believe tankies are hardline communists wishing to instate a brutal authoritarian communist/socialist regime (think Stalin)
No. I’ve been lurking on and off since /r/GenZedong was quarantined. There were a lot of links to Lemmygrad back then. In the Reddit kerfuffle this week, I looked closer at actually joining Lemmy. I was initially going to create my account on lemmy.world or lemmy.ml, but the anti-communist nonsense from blahaj-zone convinced me to throw off the mask and sign up here instead.
sup! we heard about lemmy when we first joined mastodon 3 years ago but just now exploring it. weve barely used our reddit account when we had one but this instance seemed pretty cool so we decided to check this out :::)
welcome!
Welcome!
I’m a longtime Reddit lurker, and joined lemmegrad last week. I’m just happy to see there’s an actual commie space online and to be able to participate in it!
Was it this post that notified you first?
Nope, I was just lucky enough to find it when looking at a list of available instances to join.
noice
Ahoy hoy! I’m one of the Redd-fugees, pretty active in r/LateStageCapitalism up until recently, and I hope to get to know some more like-minded people up in this place (as the kids say these days).
I’m also that type of middle aged person that gets more chill about everything as I pile up the years. Well, apart from how much I hate this ever intensifying capitalistic hellscape we find ourselves in.
I use the same username here as I did on Reddit, we’ll see if that’s a smart move or not. I like the look of things, especially after I found the dark setting for the UI and I can definitely see myself hang out with all you nice people even if, or when, Reddit change their tone. Yeah, as if…
The atmosphere is so much better here than on Reddit. I’m sure you’ll enjoy it if you like chill. I could never really participate on Reddit because there were just too many trolls but very few trolls make it here and those who do leave or get booted quick.
Welcome comrade! I also don’t anticipate reddit making any changes to reverse their capitalist trajectory so my plan is to enjoy the sharing of thoughts, opinions, and information here. I wish you the best!
No, I just searched for a Reddit alternative (quite literally) and looked at the alternatives. I liked the familiarity and the general feel I got from this community and it felt like I could fit in rather well here.
Fair enough. Thanks!
Hey comrades, ML from Australia here, although big appreciation for MLM too. I saw the link to Lemmygrad back when GenZedong was quarantined, checked it out, and then forgot about it. I found this again checking out what was blocked on other instances, so thanks libs I guess? Looking forward to my local feed being actually good, and I will hopefully end up posting more than on Reddit.
Was going to start a new comment thread so say hi, but why not here, this is pretty much my story (except I’m European). It gives me good vibes to see that GenZhou survives here. It was a great place for reading news/opinions.
where can i get help about using Lemmy?
for example, how can i ping someone? how can i ping another community?
writing @user@instan.ce doesnt work. the same with instan.ce/u/user, instan.ce/@user, !community@instan.ce, @community@instan.ce, instan.ce/c/community
is there any way to do it, to begin with?
Tagging: type @ then start typing the user name or display name. Tagging you for example -> @CompadredeOgum@lemmygrad.ml
Linking community: type ! then start typing the community name. Eg. !lemmy_support@lemmy.ml
This feature hasn’t been fleshed out yet so searching is a bit slow. It needs to be worked in.
so it becomes a full fledged markdown link.
i noticed it doesnt ping, though. i was marked once and never got notified.
searching is a bit slow
yeah, i guess i wasnt waiting long enough
not being pinged might be a bug, I’ve pinged someone else and they said they got a notification
@tea_pot_tinhas@kbin.social voce foi pingado?
Hey, I’m new here, but not entirely new to theory and discussion of these things (highly recommend George Jackson’s Blood In my Eye). Hope I can learn some things and contribute too. May have developed a slight tendency to overgeneralize differing material conditions from engaging with people online who are not used to this stuff and trying to condense it, and am willing to listen if I come across as missing the historical context of something at any point. I try not to say too much about stuff beyond the US, as it’s what I’m most familiar with the conditions of, but I do try to venture beyond if it seems appropriate and something I’ve done some investigation on.
hello! I’m not much of a redditor but lemmy looks promising; I’ve been on the fediverse for a bit so I’m used to the multiple federated servers format.
Anyhow, outside of my politics, I’m mostly about gardening, caring for our three dogs, and reading up on sciences. I live in Texas, and have to deal with the shitty politics of that place in my offline life, but online I like reading political theory and research.
Hey there! Never heard of Lemmy before all that Reddit situation, which is a sad occasion because I like it here! I’m a left-winger since mid-teen ages, first got bought by the Venus project (see, it’s not useless!), and then figured out it’s basically communism served for red scare victims and went into Marxism from there (and never looked back). Despite being a fairly orthodox Marxist, I’m also a young and somewhat soyboy left-winger, wishing to make the world a better place for everyone (for that reason I’m also a young and aspiring scientist). Hope to find meaningful conversations, useful theory and deep analysis of world’s events here.
P.S. I also come from an actual Leningrad (Saint Petersburg, that is), which I guess makes me the ultimate Lemmygrad user :D
