Comment on Chinese propaganda is rampant on the fediverse

• Cowbee@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  To be clear, .ml stands for Mali, and it was allegedly chosen because it was cheap/free. Lemmy.ml is just the flagship, test instance, and happens to have a lot of communists because the devs are communists. Lemmygrad.ml is explicitly ML.

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  • Hotznplotzn@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    @Cowbee@lemmygrad.ml

    Lemmygrad. ml is explicitly ML.

    Exploring Left-Wing Extremism on the Decentralized Web: An Analysis of Lemmygrad. ml

    … findings reveal a substantial increase in user activity and toxicity levels following the migration of these subreddits to Lemmygrad. ml. We also identify posts that support authoritarian regimes, endorse the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and feature anti-Zionist and antisemitic content … Moreover, their support can extend beyond backing these authoritarian regimes, even cheering on their violent actions, as evidenced by their posts on the Russian invasion of Ukraine …

    The whole study makes a good read.

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    • Cowbee@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Communist subreddits like r/GenZedong and lately r/TheDeprogram, after being banned by Reddit, migrated largely to Lemmygrad.ml. I agree that the study is a good read, but for humor, not serious journalism. Their study is essentially them finding out that communists are on a communist platform, and then they conflate anti-Zionism with anti-semitism, a common hasbara tactic.

      Nothing you said contradicts that Lemmygrad.ml is Marxist-Leninist, all you’ve really done is confirm that it is, while also conflating anti-Zionism with anti-semitism.

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    • thoro@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I liked the part where they conflate anti Zionism with antisemitism, show one comment/“post” as proof, and don’t reference it so readers can view upvotes or context around said post.

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      • Edie@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        lemmygrad.ml/comment/18989

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    • Diva@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      The whole study makes a good read.

      Srry I can’t take it seriously when the author is this guy

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      • Cowbee@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Is that real?

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    • davel@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      We already went over this garbage study with your @Scotty@scribe.disroot.org account^1 and @Sepia@mander.xyz account^2 two days ago and your @Sepia@mander.xyz account two months ago^3.

      You’re like a broken record, bot.

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      • goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Well that explains a lot

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    • chloroken@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      The problem with political studies is that they’re nonscientific. It’s a blog post they’re calling a study. No amount of statistical analysis or clever methodology makes this a proper study because it’s based on political opinions. A terrible, ignorant set of opinions at that.

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  • king_comrade@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Ah cheers for the clarity, my mistake

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    • Cowbee@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      No worries!

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