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Why are there no bots that post Reddit content on Lemmy?

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Genuine question.

There are tons of niche subs on Reddit that aren’t on Lemmy or don’t have enough people posting. Lemmy could benefit from bots that automatically post Reddit content. Why is this not a thing?

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kia@lemmy.ca
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It is a thing on a lot of Lemmy communities, but most of the posts end up with no comments which makes them not that interesting. For certain niche communities, Lemmy just doesn’t have the user base yet.

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doodledup@lemmy.worldOP
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but most of the posts end up with no comments

This is simply untrue. There are known bots on Reddit that have a lot of interaction in the comments. The same goes for some subs here that I know have bots posting.

For certain niche communities, Lemmy just doesn’t have the user base yet.

This is the problem that will be solved by the bots. Everyone on Reddits seems to hate Reddit. But nobody is moving over because there is nobody moving over. If at least the posts are crossposted then I bet a lot of people will flock over to Lemmy, which in turn will fill the comment threads.

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Blaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyz
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/r/RedditAlternatives is getting some traction, Lemmy is the most mentioned alternative over there

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Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
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I’m here to avoid most of the people that were on Reddit.

I like having small communities and names I recognize. More content would be nice, but at what cost?

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