Is it impolite to crosspost someone else's post to another community on Lemmy without saying anything? (piefed.europe.pub)

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I feel like on mainstream social media this is done pretty thoughtlessly and it's a norm but on Lemmy, with the much smaller userbase, I kinda felt like... it's like riding on someone else's coat tails? Or is it just me?

Edit: I specifically mean the Crosspost function.

Edit: of course if it's artwork or text, obviously then I'd make it explicitly clear it's not mine but I mean news articles, memes, things like that.

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[-] ComfortableRaspberry@feddit.org 43 points 4 days ago

As long as you don't try to pass the content as your own it's okay, at least in my book.

When crossposting you're also not reuploading but forwarding/reusing the original link that allows everyone else to go back to the source. That's enough.

[-] Paen@piefed.europe.pub 7 points 4 days ago

Yeah of course if it's artwork or text, obviously then I'd make it explicitly clear it's not mine but I mean news articles, memes, things like that.

[-] Foni@piefed.zip 15 points 4 days ago

I think that when you repost it is clear who the original author is and where he put it, I don't think there is a problem with that, especially in a system that does not accumulate karma or anything like that. For me it is one of the best features of Lemmy (piefed, kbin, etc) and I think it should be enhanced more

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