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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by yay@lemmynsfw.com to c/lemmynsfw@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.

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[-] appyore@lemmynsfw.com 49 points 1 year ago

from a 'get as much content as possible' angle bots are good but i think there's a big risk of them drowning out actual posters which really takes away a lot of the fun of posting and making it feel like an archive rather than an active community.

[-] chavposting@lemmynsfw.com 19 points 1 year ago

Totally agree. IMO they have a limited use to get initial content seeded and then it's over to actual members of the community to continue and develop. Other instances are focusing more on the "archive" aspect so we should let them do that.

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