So one thing I miss about reddit is the idea that I can just find any random topic, and there's an active sub for that.
Reddits biggest problem is knowing these subreddits exist. I was there over 10 years, and still finding new subs until the end.
Lemmys biggest problem is that these communities DON'T exist, and even if they did, theres no audience to support them. No point in making a niche community if theres 0 posts, and 1 subscribber.
But, I found one small fix. This won't be the thing that boosts Lemmy to the top. This will be more like the small spark that could lead to a bigger fire. Without more steps, this won't be the answer. But think of this as one step of many.
So over at !Nostalgia@lemmy.ca they have a content bot. I assume it's just reposting the posts on reddit from a predesignated source.
But, what if we did that all over Lemmy? Start up /c/Archer and repost everything from ArcherFX. I don't see a place to post Archer stuff to.
Now do this for thousands of different subreddits over here.
Yes, at first the content bot would have 0 posts. But thats where WE come in. We all start posting on these threads, to give them the sense of activity. Activity breeds activity. And soon enough you'll have enough organic activity that you slowly start reducing these bots roles. But thats years from now.
I hate those communities that spam Reddit reposts. If I comment on them, there's no engagement. The actual OP isn't going to see my comment.
What if I told you... soon you'll be able to comment on Lemmy and notify the OP on Reddit about it?
This has been tried and everyone hated it
I don't think it has. Can you point me to any instance that is doing two-way bridging?
Oh, you're the one who was talking about it before. I guess it hadn't been built yet but did you get positive feedback?
The big criticism was for the unrestricted reddit -> lemmy mirroring, not the two-way bridging. The idea to have two-way bridging was better received, but I didn't get to work on it until now that I received the grant from NLNet.
I see, well, sorry for being so negative. I'd be curious how it pans out. There are a few small subreddits that maybe I'd be interested in bridging but I'm not sure how the redditors will respond either. I guess now that you have funding there's nothing to lose?
Edit: if this does end up happening I do have a specific low traffic one in mind
Tbf I'm not so sure how I feel about posts/comments being federated to reddit. I left for a reason. At least they won't be able to harvest my data but idk if I really want to even post there anymore.
Would it be that I have to avoid certain communities or certain instances that are federated with reddit, or would there be a way to choose per account, post, or comment?
The idea of two way bridging now is to have only as an option for community ambassadors and they will be sent as DM to users on Reddit, to let them know about the response here.
Ah gotcha, so very optional it sounds. Well cool!