Comment on Reddit to lemmy reposter
Shimitar@downonthestreet.eu 3 weeks ago
No thank you. Just leeching content from reddit will never get Lemmy anywhere.
I blocked all content reposted from Lemmy (there was an instance dedicated to that iirc).
First of all, posts without comments are pointless. Interaction and comments is what grows Lemmy. Second, bot posts are not well received by most here I think.
I can see it useful only as a “reddit backup” of kind, in case the platform goes offline for good and all that is lost.
I would worry for the level of moderation required to filter shitty / ai / bots etc.
JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
I recently leeched some interesting post material from Reddit, shamelessly reposted it here, and it seemed to get lots of appreciation and a healthy amount of commentary.
I wasn’t acting as a bot, but does it matter? Most of the content’s probably not original to Reddit, anyway. Maybe using a bot in conjunction with hand-picking interesting material is a good idea, y’know?
Shimitar@downonthestreet.eu 3 weeks ago
Agree on the handpicking yes. Nothing bad in reposting content, but mass posting just drowns communities and doesn’t generate engagement.
JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Agree. I’ve seen a couple chronic examples of that, recently.
A poster of content is also a ‘host’ to that content. If users comment, they have an opportunity to reply and upvote. A bot offers nothing.