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Why are we copying over so much Reddit content? (self.reddit)
submitted 2 years ago by AFKBRBChocolate to c/[email protected]
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I think it's great that so many people want to build and grow Lemmy, but why are we doing it by copying over Reddit content? It didn't seem as bad when it was funny pics or memes or whatever, but now I'm seeing discussion threads, which doesn't make sense to me.

I can kind of see it if a Reddit mod decides to move their forum from there to here, and wants to start with their existing content, but otherwise I'm not sure this is a good thing.

What do you guys think?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There could be a few reasons.

  • They want to copy over their favorite content.
  • They want to try to attract more people to a community by bootstrapping content.
  • They are trying to artificially inflate their instance for nefarious reasons.

Personally, I think adding some of your favorite Reddit posts is fine as long as you don't blindly copy over everything from a subreddit. I have a couple communities that I brought over that I like, but without content, they mean nothing.

[โ€“] AFKBRBChocolate 1 points 2 years ago

I agree. What I was seeing looked like bots doing mass content, but I can't be positive.