Comment on Bots copy pasting Reddit - is there a method to block them all?
Xariphon@kbin.social 1 year ago
I don't mind the ones copying content from Reddit. I came here to get away from Reddit and I don't really mind seeing the content so long as I'm not giving spez and his fucks any clicks.
I do mind the ones posting links TO Reddit. I... came here to get away from Reddit. I don't need links back. I know where Reddit is...
lemmyingly@lemm.ee 1 year ago
I’m not adverse to Reddit because I don’t believe Lemmy is a complete replacement yet. Let’s be honest, Lemmy is mostly programming, Linux, hate against Windows, hate against cars, and hate against paying for services. For me, Lemmy cannot replace Reddit until a variety of people come.
I use Lemmy and Reddit to see a discussion around a topic. I might as well just use an RSS feed if I want to read news topics instead of bare Reddit copy paste submissions.
I’m still using a third party for Reddit - I never stopped using it and it continued to work.
Damage@feddit.it 1 year ago
how could you forget the most important part, Star Trek memes?
lemmyingly@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Sorry Borg Queen
Aggy@kbin.social 1 year ago
I'm doing pretty similar. I now only go to Reddit as a logged out lurker for the path of exile subs. Too much info is dropped there that I just don't see anywhere else.
rglullis@communick.news 1 year ago
So the bots that create a complete mirror of subs (posts and comments) are ok, I hope.
lemmyingly@lemm.ee 1 year ago
The part you quoted. What I meant is that I might as well just subscribe to the news source using an RSS feed and cut out the middle men (Reddit and Lemmy).
rglullis@communick.news 1 year ago
Reddit/Lemmy is more than a link aggregator. 90% of its value is in the self-posts, and there is no RSS feeds for them.