yayJun 22, 2023

POLL: Should we allow content migration bots?

https://lemmynsfw.com/post/67711

POLL: Should we allow content migration bots? - Lemmy NSFW

Bots of this type have appeared recently, and people are asking if it’s okay to use them. I’m not sure about this either, so I think it would make sense to ask users. These bots follow some subreddits on Reddit and automatically post it to Lemmy when a post is created there. I’ve seen an example site for it: lemmit.online [https://lemmit.online/post/177]. This instance is dedicated solely to mirroring Reddit posts to the Lemmy instance. Maybe instead of mirroring to a community on Lemmy NSFW, we can subscribe to lemmit.online [https://lemmit.online] via Lemmy NSFW. This way we could have kept Lemmy NSFW free of bots. Currently, even if accepted, I believe it should be done under admin control anyways. Here is the poll: https://strawpoll.com/polls/PbZqRw82byN [https://strawpoll.com/polls/PbZqRw82byN]

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As others have said, I think it makes sense to have the top 40% of posts of all time, or something like that, reposted. As a mod for several subs here, those bots would help a lot when seeding content, and could even help me crank out posts of new, relevant content in the future.

I don't think it's unreasonable for the amount of posts a bot can make a day to be limited. Or maybe a time frame that we allow content migration en mass like x date to x date, the bot posting is limited.

Jun 22, 2023 at 1:00pmWeb