Comment on Lemmy instances that are focused on mirroring Reddit content?
vintprox@kbin.melroy.org 8 months agoThe argument can be made that bots measuring the content are no better than some random dude on the Internet reposting shit they like. Situation becomes worse when that same "bot" doesn't credit the author. proper.
Levsgetso@lemmy.zip 8 months ago
Memes are meant to be shared, and it’s a great way to grow small communities. Karma whoring is not that big here since reputation points are not shown (at least in the webUI). So a person will post a few memes and could start a conversation, something a bot can’t do.
vintprox@kbin.melroy.org 8 months ago
Whether the meme is meant to be shared in some other context or not, I think, is the decision that should be based on the sum of copyright liberation and how generalistic contents are. Today, I can't bear a thought of reposting some stranger's niche meme on social media without attaching a source/creator, because I'm most likely making one more point where engagement with the same meme ends - and reposting full works doesn't qualify as commentary/criticism/research, so it's not a fair use, to begin with.
That's why we are correct of assuming the worst from the bots: programming any fair use considerations is left to gather dust, as it's ultimately left for human to decide such things.