V4ubanShould we start crossposting content from Reddit?
i don't have a big stake since this is a community i don't really take part in, but i will say when i see those bot posts that are just grabbing reddit posts and tossing them here i don't really engage with them.
i feel compelled to comment on posts that were made with intention by a user that will actually see my input. it might add content but to me it seems like it would kind of be filler, less substantial than an actual poster making a thread.
That's a fair take. On the other hand, we might need to artificially create some engagement so that new joiners are more inclined to visit Lemmy. That should probably be over once the community is large enough
yeah, it's a bit of an uphill battle to create communities online with how centralized the internet has gotten, especially on a whole different platform than where most users congregate. it might be a reasonable concession to make.
though i'd hope new users can take up the task of generating content themselves, that's what platforms like this are made for. best way to nurture a culture of posting and engaging is to post and engage, which there should be enough users for at this point i think. it's a bit idealistic though, not an easy issue.
KabeThe problem is that the vast majority of users just lurk, a minority just comment, and maybe less than one in a hundred actually submit content.
Take yourself as an example - it's great you've been actively commenting but you haven't actually submitted anything for people to engage with yet. And therein lies the problem.
At this early growth stage, Lemmy/Kbin need as much content as possible so that new users see the value in joining. If that means that mods have to take stuff from Reddit and submit it here, then so be it.
yeah, i do my best to add input and discussion to the platform, but like a lot of users, i lurk, or at least did historically. so it's a habit i've been trying to break on here. i comment to add bits of input when i can but i've never really had the posting mindset. i am making it a point to add to discussion here, but i have to work on starting some myself 😅.
Agreed. I feel like participating in posts that have waaaay more participation on Reddit and that OP will never ever see is just… Stupid
Some subs (like news related subs) that makes sense. Absolutely not for AITA or anything else that calls for interaction, or for any sub where the content is assumed to be created by the person who posted it.
Yeah, like best of or other compilation subs would be ok IMO.
meticI’m going through all time top subreddit posts to seed content here. I’m mostly grabbing links to other websites. Unfortunately there are a lot of subreddits that strategy doesn’t work for, though, if the top are all self or image posts.
thats not the way to do it. yoi want more people.. convince the users of those top posts to repost here.
No, despite meaning our community will grow slowly, I am hating the repost bots shoveling shit from Reddit. That is giving Reddit more traction, and takes away from the engagement that is the core of a tifu post.
CrackhappyUh... This is AITA, not TIFU. Although there are definitely times where both can apply to a single post. Have a nice day!
Omg lol sorry, brain fart while posting, but the sentiment remains the same! This community is about responding to the poster, I would feel weird responding to some guy on Reddit who will never see it!
Anti Weeb PenguinI will disagree with most of the comments here, as long as it is specified in the title, there should be no problem with reposts from reddit.
I developed a bot for this purpose, it only crossposts links to external websites like news, it's being used in a couple of communities that need a little push with content.
It only crosspost 1 post every hour to each community to avoid spamming and it can handle multiple subreddits at the same time.
That's how I think it should be done, so far, users engage with the posts made by the bot in an organic way.
If you want to check it out: https://github.com/daniel-lxs/BotIt
I'm open to suggestions :)
It only crosspost 1 post every hour to each community to avoid spamming and it can handle multiple subreddits at the same time.
That's how I think it should be done, so far, users engage with the posts made by the bot in an organic way.
If you want to check it out: https://github.com/daniel-lxs/BotIt
I'm open to suggestions :)
GitHub - daniel-lxs/BotIt: A bot that scrapes posts from an specific subreddit and posts it on a kbin magazine.
A bot that scrapes posts from an specific subreddit and posts it on a kbin magazine. - GitHub - daniel-lxs/BotIt: A bot that scrapes posts from an specific subreddit and posts it on a kbin magazine.
L3sVery neat! Using /u/L4s for /c/technology and /c/til, working like a charm so far!
Glad to hear it's working! If you have any problems or suggestions let me know :)
Actually have a question! I apologize if it's an obvious answer, I'm more familiar with Python/PS.
I noticed you xposted from /c/TIL to /m/TodayILearned, is that possible in the current commit? Currently modding /c/sysadmin and it'd be useful to have the other /x/sysadmin's have the same content across instanes.
Also do you want credit in the "bio" of that profile?
Excuse me if I don't understand your question but, you can definitely have this setup:
r/sysadmin -> c/sysadmin
r/sysadmin -> m/sysadmin
You can repeat the same subreddit in the config.yml files as many times as you want, the bot caches the response from reddit so it doesn't request the same thing over and over.
Also you don't need to credit if you don't want to, but you could add a description about your bot so other users know what is doing.
r/sysadmin -> c/sysadmin
r/sysadmin -> m/sysadmin
You can repeat the same subreddit in the config.yml files as many times as you want, the bot caches the response from reddit so it doesn't request the same thing over and over.
Also you don't need to credit if you don't want to, but you could add a description about your bot so other users know what is doing.
I'll definitely credit, and add an explanation so people don't think I'm "karma" farming with it.
Yeah after looking at the xpost it's not doing what I thought it was, my thought was it links to the original post - my thought was: xpost from /c/TIL would show comments/description of /m/todayilearned, and sync comments, etc between both posts, but it's a xpost so it makes sense that it doesn't work that way.
Thanks again for building this!
Yeah, it doesn't synchronize anything between posts, it just takes posts from reddit and posts it to the community you assign in the config.
I'm glad you found it useful!
Rumor on the streets is reddit also faked user accounts and cloned content in the early days
It would make sense to be honest
It's true. They manufactured a lot of discussion and posts to get off the ground and not appear abandoned.
Automatically mirroring content will come with a couple of issues. One is that you won't be able to actually address the OP. This is fine in a context like WhitePeopleTwitter or something where you're talking about a thing someone has said on another platform, but if someone is posting something that's specifically driving engagement, there's a meaningful bit of environmental context missing.
Having a Best of Reddit community makes sense for stuff like that.
The other issue is that the current population here can only support engaging with so many posts. Yes, an environment with a lot of content is important to make the space feel useful and alive, but a space with thousands of posts with zero comments or upvotes actually ends up looking like a ghost town populated by forgotten animatronics.
Plus, posts pulled from Reddit will drown out anyone trying to post original content here, discouraging actual, real engagement, and pushing people out.
airportlineI'm more along this line of thinking. While Reddit had a lot of good things, there was also a lot of bad. This isn't Reddit and maybe that could be good in more ways than just ownership.
Generally my answer is yes, but I feel like for AITA it would be better not to.
The ShaneNo, give it time.
There'll be assholes here, before you know it!
YTA ;p
No. Not unless the person themselves chooses to crosspost. Remrmber, the person owns their content
NanachiMay take a bit of identity away, only if it proves effective on pulling redditors in
anonymousI'm going with NTA for a AITA post... just repost your own stuff.
kazoo0oNo, I don't want to turn this into an identical copy of reddit. People will come in time and best not to bog everything down.
I've found I enjoy communities less as more content is copy/pasted from Reddit. A lot of value is in the comments, and it's off-putting when you have an AITA post without any replies. I don't really see the point in replying either, as the person asking is never going to read it anyway.
AndromedusGalacticusPlease don’t. It doesn’t make sense for a place like this.