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What is the etiquette on shamelessly stealing from Reddit to post here? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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By "here" I mean all of the Fediverse, but more specifically sh.itjust.works; I don't want to cause any bad vibes in my new home instance.

I don't NORMALLY post, and I'm limiting my access to Reddit in favor of Lemmy, but if stealing from the rich is acceptable, I'm happy to occasionally Robin Hood content over; I just prefer my theft to be within prevailing ethical guidelines.

Thanks!

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[–] AFKBRBChocolate 5 points 1 year ago

There have been a lot of posts/discussions on this topic. Some people have been using bots to pull Reddit content and post it here. There's not complete agreement on it, but my take on the main feelings are:

It depends a bit on the community. If it's one that's mostly, say, pics without much discussion expected, people have less of a problem with it.
Some people who moderated Reddit subs moved here and wanted to take their content with them, and most people don't have an issue with that.
No one has an issue if you see something like a video or a news item on Reddit and post a link to the source here. Hell, lots of Reddit content came from people seeing stuff on Facebook, Twitter, etc.
What people most objected to is copying over gobs of discussion posts that didn't have any of the above attributes. If I went into a community and saw 200 posts with no responses, I'd have no reason to comment on any of them. And doing it a lot just makes /new look like spam.