There are already Open Source dating apps. You might be interested in checking out their implementations and how they address the questions you're asking.
The most-used one appears to be, of all things, the 4chan dating app Duolicious. Here's a link to a "KnowYourMeme" article describing what it is. It had a lot of discussion around it and seemingly a lot of active users.
The other is Alovoa which has been around for a long time, and is the one that usually comes up when you search for Open Source dating apps. I'm not sure if it actually has an active user-base though.
I think this actually highlights an important point, which is that attempts at creating generic alternatives are a lot less likely to succeed compared to targeted ones. Even the big companies realise this. You see more and more dating apps popping up in different countries targetted at muslims, lesbians, vegans, black people, and so on.
People tired of Tinder & Co. are more likely to find and try your app if it's the one that comes up when they search "flat-earther dating app" (if that's what appeals to them) as opposed to randomly choosing one of the dozens of generic dating apps.
4chan's conditions are especially unique in that it has a specific site culture, a very large user-base, and it's a forum/imageboard which means that the app already had a place to market itself to all 4chan users. This is probably why it became successful.
Ultimately, I think that's more important than the specific discovery mechanics of the apps. They become less relevant anyway as you're already filtering a lot of people by using a more niche app.
In a lot of countries and cities you might find only a handful of people in your region to begin with, and it's more likely that you'd meet them and talk since you already have a common ground, as opposed to endlessly swiping through hundreds of profile.
It should just be a combine harvester. The machine itself is an impressive product of ingenuity, engineering, and labour, as well as symbolising agriculture. It is also a symbol of progress and prosperity.
Yeah, that's understandable of course. It becomes very difficult to find anything to trim once we get to this level. The only thing I can think of, and I would pose this as a question rather than a suggestion, is "Value, Price, and Profit" absolutely necessary for the basic course? The "Political Economy" section would certainly feel quite thin if it's excluded.
Aside from that, I don't think much can be done in terms of cutting things out. Maybe if there are shorter alternatives to works such as "Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism", or a couple essays to replace "Socialism: Utopian and Scientific", but at this point we're resorting to quite extreme measures.
I believe the only way to go beyond this, which is completely out of scope of this project, is to create more works such as the Abriged version of "What is to be done" and use those for introduction rather than the unaltered classics.
I don't disagree. Admittedly, it's a bit difficult to put myself in the shoes of a lib who's been exposed to this list for the first time. Different people would be curious about it for different reasons.I hope you're right that reading the works in the first section back-to-back would be enough to motivate them to read further.
I would rather aim for 20 hours as the goal as opposed to 25. If I were in your shoes, I would add "Yellow Parenti" at the end of a section (maybe after the checkpoint) as a "strong recommendation" and just not count it to the hour count because it would technically be "optional".
I like the list for the most part and believe that the decisions for what to cut and what to keep in each section are well-reasoned.
My main concern is with whether too much is being asked from Nia Frome's 5-10 minute "Tankies" article.
The way I see it is that while the first two sections do more than a good enough job of correcting misconceptions about Marxism, they do not do an adequate job (in my opinion) of addressing the 'elephant in the room' for most people, which is AES.
That's unfortunate. But then what about the images from federated instances?
This is a screenshot of the !communism@lemmy.ml community from lemmygrad's side on a private session, so it's not browser cache on my side. These images should already be hosted on their side, no?
Can we get some fun stats and stuff from Lemmygrad over the years? I think it would be cool to see things like change in monthly active users, when the spikes were and what drove them, which communities became more/less popular, etc.
I think only instance admins have access to this info.
The only public thing I could find was monthly active users using a random website, but it only showed a few months (and I'm not sure it's accurate).
Don't feel apprehensive about asking questions. So long as they're genuine and in good faith, people here have always been more than happy to help in my experience.
Are there any updates on how progress is going? I'm not exactly sure what the issue is, but I still see a bunch of missing images even from other instances, such as Hexbear emojis, for example. I'm not sure if they're cached, and the cached image is not available or what exactly.
Yeah, I'm not very well-read on the non-aligned movement as a whole, and I don't have any material lined-up on my reading list to expand on it.
I'm hoping to find some resources to better understand the context, and potential mistakes that were made during that time and in that region specifically.
You've touched on it a little bit, but could you share your thoughts and analysis more specifically on Nasser's Egypt and the efforts with Syria and Iraq, etc.?
Or if you have recommended readings on the subject I could delve into it myself.
I really like the comic, but I have to say that every now and then some panels are a bit sus. Like why are Gabi and Falke the only gobs that wear the overalls without a shirt on, lol.
Lemmygrad Continues to Show Resilience in the Face of Extraordinary Challenges
11.02.2026
Starting from the 9th of February 2026, many users have reported that images on Lemmygrad have not been functioning as expected. A large amount of older images in posts, comments, and profile pictures have become unavailable across Lemmygrad communities.
Since its founding, Lemmygrad has had to overcome many unique challenges not faced by projects less hostile to capital. A lot of diligence went into finding reliable hosting partners, a task made considerably more difficult given the project's orientation. On Lemmy, it has been the target of strategic defederation campaigns, anti-communist propaganda in liberal and anarchist communities, and has been placed on a hard-coded block-list for Piefed, an explicitly neoliberal and NATO-friendly alternative to Lemmy.At the time of writing, it is not known whether the disruption and reported decommissioning of Lemmygrad's multimedia host is another deliberate act of anti-communist hostility.
Regardless of the cause of disruption, Lemmygrad has once again addressed the challenge with the utmost urgency and resolve. Respected comrade @muad_dibber@lemmygrad.ml has managed to establish relations with another logistical partner, minimise the potential damage from the incident, and is working tirelessly to make the transition as smooth as possible.Whereas many other communities may have faltered and expressed frustration, the Lemmygrad community rallied around their comrades, showing support and appreciation for their efforts in addressing the issue.
Lemmygrad has not only overcome challenges like these every time, but has also never turned down the call to assist its friends and partners when needed. During the notorious Hexbear domain incident, an existential issue for the socialist instance, The Embassy of Hexbear on Lemmygrad was established to provide refuge and an open line of communication and coordination for Hexbear users.It has also provided a community for feedback, recruitment and support for sister project ProleWiki.
Lemmygrad has shown itself time and time again to be a reliable partner, but increasingly finds itself having to rely on self-sufficiency. It is not yet known what the long-term solutions for such challenges will look like; what is known is that Lemmygrad, with the support of its community, will always overcome them.
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There are already Open Source dating apps. You might be interested in checking out their implementations and how they address the questions you're asking.
The most-used one appears to be, of all things, the 4chan dating app Duolicious. Here's a link to a "KnowYourMeme" article describing what it is. It had a lot of discussion around it and seemingly a lot of active users.
The other is Alovoa which has been around for a long time, and is the one that usually comes up when you search for Open Source dating apps. I'm not sure if it actually has an active user-base though.
I think this actually highlights an important point, which is that attempts at creating generic alternatives are a lot less likely to succeed compared to targeted ones. Even the big companies realise this. You see more and more dating apps popping up in different countries targetted at muslims, lesbians, vegans, black people, and so on.
People tired of Tinder & Co. are more likely to find and try your app if it's the one that comes up when they search "flat-earther dating app" (if that's what appeals to them) as opposed to randomly choosing one of the dozens of generic dating apps.
4chan's conditions are especially unique in that it has a specific site culture, a very large user-base, and it's a forum/imageboard which means that the app already had a place to market itself to all 4chan users. This is probably why it became successful.
Ultimately, I think that's more important than the specific discovery mechanics of the apps. They become less relevant anyway as you're already filtering a lot of people by using a more niche app.
In a lot of countries and cities you might find only a handful of people in your region to begin with, and it's more likely that you'd meet them and talk since you already have a common ground, as opposed to endlessly swiping through hundreds of profile.