anarAug 22, 2023

Why is it frowned upon here to 'steal' content from reddit?

https://lemmy.ml/post/3716169

Why is it frowned upon here to 'steal' content from reddit? - Lemmy

If anything, shouldn’t it be encouraged, and even automated? I’m including even the ‘old’ stuff from reddit here. Reddit shouldn’t be the absolute owner of the content submitted by users. When I migrated here, it wasn’t because of me being against reddit users, but being against reddit the company. Copying the content here actually hurts the company in sense that they don’t get to then gatekeep the crowdsourced content.

Show threadJoBoAug 22, 2023

Most content that gets posted on social media is ‘stolen’ from another social media site. That’s not really an issue.

But there are bots posting up threads from subs like AITA (complete with links to Reddit) where there’s no point engaging with a non-existent OP, so the threads do not get any engagement. And they often get posted in massive batches so it fucks up your feed too.

Lemmy needs to develop its own culture and that is made harder by people trying to make it a mirror of Reddit.

Show threadAFK BRB ChocolateAug 22, 2023
This is correct. It’s worth noting that there are some communities that it’s probably fine for. If you’re posting news, memes or gifs, it doesn’t matter where they give from and it’s a much different thing than posting a question. But there are reams of bot-posted content in discussion communities that have zero comments and end up reducing engagement when people see all those.
Show threadnewIdentityAug 22, 2023
I don’t see it that way. I think it’s also a problem with meme posts being automatically copied over. I really like the engament and like to interact with the community. Reading and writing comments is why I’m on a forum style website. And I wrote A LOT of them
Show threadAFK BRB Chocolate

I’m also a prolific commentor. I’m unlikely to comment on something like an AITA post that was copied from elsewhere by a bot, but that hesitation doesn’t apply if it’s like a news item or a meme. Maybe if there are suddenly hundreds in a row I’d be less likely.

Even on Reddit, much of that kind of content originated on Facebook, Twitter, or whatever.

Aug 22, 2023 at 5:59pmWeb
Show threadnewIdentityAug 22, 2023
Sure, but it’s bad if theres more content that the users can comment on. It gets boring after a while