All the content, none of the Spez? Or, is it better if Lemmy stays distinct?
Please don’t do this.
I’ve been beating this drum since I got on here.
Here’s the software you would need to put it in a special instance: https://github.com/rileynull/RedditLemmyImporter
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It’s inconvenient, but not impossible. The content could be scraped instead of handed over directly via the API.
An explanation, if you’re interested:
API stands for Application Programming Interface. It is a way for two software applications to communicate with each other. APIs are often used to access data from websites. When you use an API, you are essentially asking the website for the data you need. The website will then provide the data to you in a format that your software can understand.
Web scraping is a process of extracting data from websites using automated tools. Web scrapers can be used to extract data from any website, regardless of whether the website has an API. However, web scraping can be more difficult and time-consuming than using an API.
In general, APIs are the preferred method for accessing data from websites. They are easier to use, more legal, and less likely to interfere with the website. However, web scraping can be used in cases where there is no API or where the API is not sufficient.
eh, maybe wait until 0.18 rolls out across the fediverse before scraping reddit for content
Oh? What’s that going to do? I’m out of the loop.
0.17.4 is what is used now and it has a number of issues - included the new/scrolling bug. 0.18 is supposed to fix that & other issues as well.
I think the community is much more important than just having more content. I would worry that by flooding Lemmy with Reddit’s content without the community to support that content could drown everyone out.
If I wanted to lurk Reddit, I would just do that. Better to stay your separate thing. It is nice to sometimes get news about the other side of the fence.
Nah. This is a fresh start. It’s been less than a week and theres already so much more content. It’ll grow soon enough. Especially with spez fucking around over there. We want og content here, not all the shit reposts that already plague reddit
Thoughts: Content is good atm. If it’s spammy it’ll get blocked. Or the instance de-federated. Is going to Reddit boosting reddit or draining it by using the content. Reddit has a lot of bad content that Lemmy is free of.
But I also liked the…(whispers) cosplay…
As Reddit turns into a trash, the moderation and content quality will drop. Import the content may seem interesting at first, but in the long run it won’t worth the effort.
Use what fediverse is good at. Make an instance where these bots reside and anyone who doesn’t want them can just defederate.
You could dedicate a community to reddit reposts easy enough. If people want to see the stuff from reddit they can sub, if they would rather wash their hands of reddit they can ignore it or block it.
I’m not entirely against the idea, but also really don’t want to turn the fediverse into the flood of content that is reddit. Maybe some kind of relative upvote filter based bot. Only posts that get some certain percentage of above average number for a given sub, get scraped.
I think it’s like breaking up with someone and then dedicating yourself to building a weird, soulless android version of your ex.
I would rather have content posted by humans. Lemmy doesn’t need to be reddit anyway.
I think reposting content from reddit is fine, but we don’t need a bot for it. I’d rather see individuals bring over specific posts they think are notable as opposed to automatically copying everything they’ve got.
