I'd rather there be a dedicated instance to archiving subreddits rather than populate current communities with old stuff. (As in, probably could do this to more than just selfhosted) Read only, if lemmy even works that way, but federated so people on lemmy can link to it and read in app easily. We shouldn't let reddit hold the keys to useful historical information that has been gathered over the years, I feel it needs to be self-hosted and mirrored, but forging a new community culture I think is better than direct baggage from reddit.
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This.
Importing threads into this sub doesn't feel like the right move to me.
You can still search reddit for solutions.
I don't see any benefit to new users seeing content here which was originally from reddit.
I could see this being useful as a backup mechanism for niche subreddits like /r/hardware. Which could then be translated to the [email protected] community. But ultimately it needs users posting and commenting more.
right but at least that way people wouldn't show up to an empty room. the content would be familiar and set the vibe.
Yup, I'm all for it. There's not many days left where this can be done.
What's your goal?
so a new community can hit the ground running with the thousands of posts of advice, problem solving, experiences, that made the old one valuable.
Iโd like to have this archived somewhere. If this is directly in lemmy, even better.
I mean if we want people to migrate to lemmy, the thing to do would be to just start cloning all the subreddits... "Hey everyone you can pick up where you left off."
This is a good idea.
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