I’m confused, bringing posts from Reddit seems like a waste of time, no-one replies, it’s extra, unnescessary load for the servers. Why is this tolerated?
I don’t mind it for some informational posts but for some communities it makes zero sense. Like I saw a ton of “am I the Asshole” bot reposts, where the point of the content is to engage with the OP. I can’t think of anyone that would want that as just a repost.
It’s like you recently acquired a TV station and its frequencies, and you have to deal with production companies to broadcast their content onto your studio/station.
because lemmy is so new that some communities don’t have much content?
when communities are empty, it makes it hard to participate, you don’t know what’s worth posting. Having some posts up give people something to read while others (hopefully) post stuff.
it’s like the host and their friends at a party - someone needs to start chatting and playing music and having fun, etc.
“Oh boy, a new community! I wonder what it’s for?”
checks posts
“OH, It’s for bots to repost from reddit. There are no people here.”
blocked
Yeah, but reposting from reddit is like putting on a video of a great conversation at a cool party. We’re watching the tv, not participating in our own party. Idk seems desperate.
Reddit has a lot of useful content. Keeping a copy of them here makes sense in case:
- OP decides to delete posts from Reddit
- Reddit decides to limit access to registered users only
- Reddit burns down (unlikely tho)
Seems odd to be copying others posts to prevent it from being deleted, when I’ve seen so many users here proudly say they’ve been nuking all their posts and comments to sow confusion in web searches and prevent reddit from “using their content”.
I think the repost bots are awkward. Seeing so many posts in “hot” and “new” with zero comments makes the site feel dead. I don’t want to engage with a bot, and it makes it very difficult to find real, user generated content when most feeds are clogged with bot-copied text posts.
Define “here”
