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submitted 1 year ago by avapa@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

Was just wondering if that was a reasonable and ethical way of growing Lemmy...

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[-] hglman@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

They are hyperlinks, there is nothing unethical about sharing them.

[-] tallwookie@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

that or create anew

[-] ulu_mulu@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Not sure about that, it could end up being counterproductive, I mean, reddit is full of spam, if there’s no good antispam feature here you could ruin communities with a bot copying content.

Not to mention that if someone on reddit realizes there are bots copying content, they could even spam the subs on purpose.

I believe it would be better to do it manually, copying the source in case of links, not copying text post, that wouldn’t be honest IMO.

[-] ShakeThatYam@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

There are a few Mastodon bots that do that for some prominent Twitter accounts. I suppose it could work for links here but wouldn't really make sense for text posts.

[-] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Actually I think it makes the most sense for text posts and comments. Links can be found elsewhere. It's the user generated content that has real value.

[-] hglman@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Depends on the context of the text post. Some are basically articles.

[-] Morogwen 1 points 1 year ago

The best way I think is to have specific set of servers with the sole purpose of cataloging. Reddit grew to it's size organically, and the same would have to happen here for it to actually work. But I think for just internet historical purposes and to drive content here to have something searchable to add some utility early on is absolutely worthwhile.

this post was submitted on 15 Jun 2023
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