I feel I’ve gotten to know lots of people on here through comments more as the user base is smaller and that’s really nice 😊

Like I recognise most users and I know how they role and it feels a lot more personal on here and I really like that 🫂

Some other benefits include:

  • we are like second gen trailblazers. It’s up to us to help define this place and how we move forward.
  • we can bring back all the old shitposting and tomfoolery while also having a higher level of discussion on here as we set the tone.
  • it’s our little space away from the reddit shitlibs and bs corporate rules.
  • it will only continue to grow and eventually we will have our GZD back while improving it I feel.

I miss the old chaotic vibe and auto mod and flairs and pronouns and while it’s sad we can use that energy to make this place the best it can be with all the xi-posting, weihua murders, nonsensical crap while educating and uplifting new comrades ✊️

In essence we can make this place GZD+GenZhou and more and I’m optimistic for what this place can be in a years time 🎉

In the meantime I’ll try to post more stupid memes (in the appropriate subs 🤓) and I just wanted to say I love my tankie siblings ❤️

Soon I’ll be the niche internet micro celebrity I always dreamed 🥹

  • IngrownMink4☭
    7•2 years ago

    I miss it too… I discovered r/GenZedong thanks to a friend who lives in China and since then, every day I would keep an eye on the subreddit to find out the news and have a few laughs.

    However, Lemmygrad is an excellent opportunity to promote more intelligent discussion with our comrades, to protect ourselves against the abuses of monopolistic companies like Reddit, and to let many of you know more about the Fediverse. In fact, I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but Lemmy, unlike Reddit, has no ads or trackers (it make me feel more free and independent btw).

    And not only that. Lemmygrad is free and open source software. Anyone with technical knowledge could help Dessalines and Nutomic to improve the platform and we could adapt it to our needs (including pronouns, flairs, bots…).

    And finally, I would like to add one thing. I think very good work is being done here in Lemmygrad with the Comradeship community. It’s something that wasn’t on r/GenZedong before and it helps us to get to know each other better, in a more personal way. So, thank you all for everything! <3

    • Ratette (she/her)OP
      5•2 years ago

      🫂 Comradeship is the best addition by far. We need to look after each other and I like to think that helps somewhat.