this post was submitted on 22 Jun 2023
60 points (92.9% liked)

Reddit

13638 readers
2 users here now

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
[email protected]
60
Why are we copying over so much Reddit content? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
50 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

I think it's great that so many people want to build and grow Lemmy, but why are we doing it by copying over Reddit content? It didn't seem as bad when it was funny pics or memes or whatever, but now I'm seeing discussion threads, which doesn't make sense to me.

I can kind of see it if a Reddit mod decides to move their forum from there to here, and wants to start with their existing content, but otherwise I'm not sure this is a good thing.

What do you guys think?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

You have to jump-start communities. Copying is a simple way to do it.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

The importance of jump starting can't be understated. Most people will go to the community that has content. If a community is empty, a lot of people won't even start participating in it. Plenty of people who make posts want them to be discussed, so they're only looking for active communities.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I think I have a bit of a bias against trying to make Lemmy a copy of Reddit, but I also feel like it doesn't make sense to copy old discussion threads. Someone asked a question on Reddit and got an answer. We don't need that duplicated here, in my opinion.

Again, i think a mod relocating their community is a different situation.