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POLL: Should we allow content migration bots?
(lemmynsfw.com)
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. 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 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 to prevent duplicates.
Here is the poll: https://strawpoll.com/polls/PbZqRw82byN
I'm open to suggestions.
I voted no. My biggest concern is that Reddit's legal team would try to take the instance down and then we would have to start all over on a different instance.
An instance dedicated for NSFW replication off Reddit could be a workaround. Then at least if Reddit tries to sue it wouldn't effect this instance's native content.
Totally agree, great idea.