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POLL: Should we allow content migration bots? (lemmynsfw.com)

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

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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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[-] Th1ckAndCreamy@lemmynsfw.com 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.

[-] paddedperson@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 year ago

The problem that I see with that, is that these bots are mostly being used for kickstarting/seeding communities that want to turn the bots off and become a full user active sub later. Essentially it's a way to solve the chicken and egg problem of attracting users to generate content by having good content