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Why are we copying over so much Reddit content? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world to c/reddit@lemmy.ml
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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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[–] derf82@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because Lemmy needs content.

And while text posts may be another matter, what is wrong with copying links? Reddit is just linking elsewhere themselves.

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm not making an ethical criticism, I'm saying coping over a bunch of discussion threads from another site isn't the kind of content most people here are going to engage with. We see post after post copied from a bot - why would we go into the thread and make a comment?

[–] derf82@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Then downvote and move on.

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Funny, I thought it was much more interesting to have a discussion about it and see what other people thought. But you feel free to downvote this and move on.