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Why are we copying over so much Reddit content? (lemmy.world)
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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?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lots of people like to collect things. When they move, they want to take their collections with them.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

And there is so much knowledge deposited in reddit that it would be unwise to let its future on the hands of gold seekers. I wish we had more time for the backups, and that those that overwrote their posts and comments can share that lost info here.