I keep seeing communities which seem to consist of nothing but a bot that reposts stuff from Reddit.

What’s the point? Really? I ain’t posting a comment about a funny thing there. No one seems to post about the the second-hand funny thing here.

Can we please just sever ties with that shithole altogether?

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      11 months ago

      A lot of posts are from bots. It would be cool if the bots could make a whole new submission and not link back, but all things considered I’m just happy there is interesting content.

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        11 months ago

        For some types of posts that’s fine - the capybara community, for instance, is a steady stream of capybaras from reddit (I think) and that’s not the type of post that needs interaction with OP or comments. Posts from say, tech support, very inappropriate to copy to Lemmy imo without a link back and an explanation as it might get a conversation going but it also confuses people who think their response might be seen by the OP.

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          11 months ago

          That’s my take. What’s even the point of reposting r/askreddit posts?