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Why are we copying over so much Reddit content? (self.reddit)
submitted 1 year 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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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

and Reddit copied Digg.

[–] AFKBRBChocolate 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wasn't on Reddit then; did they do the same kind of mass thread copying, even with discussion threads?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Copying threads from Tumblr, 4chan, and Twitter is still a pastime at Reddit