Was just wondering if that was a reasonable and ethical way of growing Lemmy…

  • ShakeThatYam@lemmy.world
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    There are a few Mastodon bots that do that for some prominent Twitter accounts. I suppose it could work for links here but wouldn’t really make sense for text posts.

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      Actually I think it makes the most sense for text posts and comments. Links can be found elsewhere. It’s the user generated content that has real value.

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      Depends on the context of the text post. Some are basically articles.

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    1 year ago

    They are hyperlinks, there is nothing unethical about sharing them.

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      1 year ago

      But then we will be getting the content from Reddit instead of Lemmy. What’s the point of leaving Reddit then? we will be still using it in a indirect way.

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    Not sure about that, it could end up being counterproductive, I mean, reddit is full of spam, if there’s no good antispam feature here you could ruin communities with a bot copying content.

    Not to mention that if someone on reddit realizes there are bots copying content, they could even spam the subs on purpose.

    I believe it would be better to do it manually, copying the source in case of links, not copying text post, that wouldn’t be honest IMO.

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        1 year ago

        I think a better way would be people curating amassed knowledge in a conscious way. Start building up sidebars/wikis from the previous interactions, rather than just importing posts full of “this” or “gold for you kind sir” wholesale.

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    Personally, i wouldn’t be opposed to that. I think a lot of potential lemmy users might be turned off by the lack of content here. Then once the user base on lemmy is more self sufficient, we could taper off the cross posts.

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    I think it’s fine, but I also don’t think any of us need to do anything beyond come here and engage with one another.

    No online community lasts forever, but Reddit isn’t going away soon. It’ll continue disenfranchising people with each thing it does in pursuit of profitability and with each step away from what initially made it special. People will keep coming here.

    I think the best thing folks here can do is just keep using the space and let it develop into whatever. People it appeals to will join us. Those who aren’t into it will go somewhere else. In a few more years, I hope that Lemmy is its own thing that feels special in its own right.

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    Copying content? No that will piss off a lot of people and makes Lemmy look desperate. Give it time to grow organically.

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    Depends on the community and the content. Informational links seem like fair game to me in most cases.

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    I was having the same thought, mostly to kick-start some of the smaller niche communities that I used to use on Reddit.

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    In some communities I was already repeating the same advice over and over again like a parrot.
    There was so much traffic and desinformation that the same question would pop up 30 times in an hour.
    Since some of the comminities I liked I haven’t been able to find here, I just… created it. And am slowly filling it in with everything I amassed during my reddit time.
    People may find it useful or not, and may begin engaging with it or not (hope not, cause I wasn’t born to “mod”) but at least I will have all advice and resources in one spot, neat and tidy. And if anyone needs it, it will be there.

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    The best way I think is to have specific set of servers with the sole purpose of cataloging. Reddit grew to it’s size organically, and the same would have to happen here for it to actually work. But I think for just internet historical purposes and to drive content here to have something searchable to add some utility early on is absolutely worthwhile.