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submitted 2 years ago by zephyr@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

Is it a good (probably temporary) way to get content in Lemmy?

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[-] llama@midwest.social 13 points 2 years ago

Honestly yes I think it makes sense to do this, as long as the content itself isn't hosted on reddit. It would be cool if somebody could make a bot for mods to enable this in their communities to specify subs to pull posts from and how often.

[-] Urist@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

It's something that certain subs should 100% do, especially those based on image memes

[-] Landrin201@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

Engagement is what makes or breaks a social media platform, especially in it's early days.

Right now, anything that boosts engagement is 100% good IMO. that will help retain users and attract more.

[-] sneakyninjapants@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago

I'm of two minds about it. On one hand it would give Lemmy users more content to interact with which is good, on the other you're directing to where we just came from and increasing engagement there which is bad. So I'm on the fence. If someone wants to do it it's worth the experiment IMO, but I'm largely not going to be clicking that Reddit link unless its compelling. If it's linked to an external site aside from reddit I'm all for it though, so long as it doesn't get out of hand.

[-] tal@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

I think that the situation being described isn't linking to Reddit, but linking to what Reddit is linking to.

I don't have a problem with it. Although, I do think "sublemmy" is a stupid word, and we should just say "community".

In short, copying Reddit's content is fine. Copying Reddit's terminology is silly.

@zephyr@lemmy.world @asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[-] MrComradeTaco@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

If they are the owners i didn't see any problem.

[-] Ivyymmy@lemmy.one 2 points 2 years ago

It's necessary for some important information and guides that would otherwise be destroyed on Reddit, we have to bring these informative posts and guides here.

[-] DarkThoughts@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

I think it could be worth for the more news related subs to maybe use bots that pull at least the more upvoted submissions until they've got a more solid user base that submits more stuff themselves. Reposting the same old Reddit reposts from 15 years ago however I think is not worth it.

[-] wason@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

There are some subreddits considered "oficial" that didn't close and are working as usual. Maybe get content from those at least temporarily?

[-] cyclohexane@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

It's a good idea but honestly I am already enjoying the lemmy-unique content a lot more.

[-] Gsus4@lemmy.one 1 points 2 years ago

I'm already happy with the content here and actually a bit lost with all the variety of content, instances, new communities, links. No great need to look back. But if you need to find equivalent communities, lookie here: https://sub.rehab/

[-] A_Chilean_Cyborg@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

@zephyr

It's more than OK for me.

[-] ThatGuy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I think its good even if lemmy becomes huge, the less we have to look into those other sites to get info, the better.

And it helping the growth of the communities just makes it better. I hope people bring stuff from the other subreddits too.

[-] WhoRoger@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

I don't like reposting content from Reddit unless it's suuuuuper good and relevant.

Especially if it's images with that shitty Reddit banner.

Like if the times are really slow, then a repost to keep the mood up is fine, but casually/regularly, I think that's meh.

Also, there are communities specialized in reposting/mirroring Reddit subs, so if that's what you want, just go there?

[-] ThisIsMyNewAccount@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Is the philosophy in the Fediverse not to rely upon upvoting/downvoting to determine quality of content?

Just because something has been posted on Reddit doesn’t mean the bar for posting it here should be higher.

this post was submitted on 19 Jun 2023
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