Like I get it there’s less people so less content but come on, using bots to just repost shit from reddit? What are we, 9gag now?
I don’t like it. There’s no one on the other end, the reason I’m here.
It feels unnatural to me. We don’t need to force interaction when we’re all here to do it.
Plus I’m still mostly sorting by new. They clog it up.
Edit: it’s impossible to sort by new now, because of all those damned lemmit posts!!!
Just block the bot, i don’t see their posts anymore
I feel like we need to make the opposite happen. We make great posts that are shared on Reddit. Sure the awards that will be given will only profit Reddit, but watching the mods furiously delete the posts will be enough of a reward… or, you know. Spite
I don’t have a problem with bots mirroring Reddit content as long as it limits itself to not overwhelm Fediverse communities with more content than the people subscribing to it can comment on. Bots should ideally keep an eye on that and throttle themselves on that basis.
Agreed. Nobody is interacting with the posts either, just taking up space. I’d prefer less posts with more engagement.
Yes, this has been irking me too! There is enough “real” content here to keep me happy and interacting. I just scroll past the bot stuff now.
HAHA NICE ONE HUMAN. IM TOTALLY NOT A BOT
I haven’t quite done so, but part of the modern internet is content sharing, so for like memes, videos, pics, etc. I totally expect it. Think of all the times there was a tweet shared on another platform.
Yeah, by users. We have bots posting just whatever from reddit though.
I agree, it feels cheap and pointless. If we wanted Reddit content that badly we’d still be on Reddit.
If we wanted Reddit content that badly we’d still be on Reddit.
Idk why you personally are here, but many migrants (myself included) did NOT leave reddit because we dislike reddit’s content; we left because the site is controlled an unaccountable Elon/Zuck wannabe whose every decision the last decade has made the site worse. Getting reddit’s content (or something close to it) without contributing clicks to Spez’s dreams of a big payday is EXACTLY why I’m here.
I mean, I want the reddit content, I just don’t want reddit itself.
I’m fine with reposting stuff like News, where it’s relatively impersonal and I’m not necessarily concerned with comments.
But I also like having more in depth conversations on the creative stuff. Just having bots post that feels impersonal.
I guess it depends on the magazine.
Some reposts might make sense, like I wouldn’t mind a bot that reposts from /r/news over here for example. But to crosspost AITA and AskReddit posts is just stupid.
Sorry but I don’t agree with this logic. Smaller communities are more susceptible to drought. Content is a water supply. I moderate a magazine for The Office (woo woo, shout out) and I bring in content from Reddit as often as I can. It’s a temporary measure to increase the legitimacy of the site.
That’s my opinion too. The only thing people come to these type of sites for is the content and community. Link-copying bots improve the former and improve the opportunities for the latter. It’s all upsides and no downsides as far as i can see.
It litters people’s feeds with content devoid of interaction that there’s no point in interacting with. It funnels them back to Reddit. It is a mistake.
If you can get the content of a post and post it, that’s good. RSS bots are cool. If you can pull the image/link and title from reddit and post it you’ve got a good recipe. Right now I’m seeing a lot of lemmit and other bots just posting straight links to reddit posts, this is a counterproductive waste of time.
I agree, as long as it’s link to articles and not copying text posts, it’s a good measure to help small communities take off.
