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What would you think about bots that repost content from Reddit? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 2 years ago by MothBookkeeper to c/[email protected]

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All the content, none of the Spez? Or, is it better if Lemmy stays distinct?

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[–] toofarapart 23 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think the community is much more important than just having more content. I would worry that by flooding Lemmy with Reddit's content without the community to support that content could drown everyone out.

[–] PotjiePig 3 points 2 years ago

Yeah I agree. I think being able to tweak a personalised scraper as an opt in service per community could work. Some subs just won't work for this, like askreddit and Eli5, but niche communities, news communities and information communities. I would be happy just seeing the top 2 or 3 posts of the day for some, and for world news for example, only the posts that pass a certain threshold of upvotes in a certain time or against the subs size, to make sure the real news pops up quick.