Most postings on lemmy are simply Reddit “archive” bots. Why is this so prevalent?

  • Hawke@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Because people think “content” is what makes this kind of site great. In reality it’s discussion.

    • eee@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      To be fair, it’s both. There is no discussion without content, so having some content helps to kickstart discussion. But excessive botspam just makes it look even emptier.

      • Hawke@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Yes you need content, but without the discussion the content is just a firehose of random garbage.

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          1 year ago

          …and without content, there isn’t any discussion to start with.

          like i said, i agree that healthy discussion is the best, but we need something to kickstart it.

    • Kidplayer_666@lemm.eeOP
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      1 year ago

      Ofc! It’s what made the platform i Refuse Entusiastically During Dis Intervention To Discuss so great!