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Why is it frowned upon here to 'steal' content from reddit? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 10 months ago by anarchist@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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If anything, shouldn't it be encouraged, and even automated? I'm including even the 'old' stuff from reddit here. Reddit shouldn't be the absolute owner of the content submitted by users. When I migrated here, it wasn't because of me being against reddit users, but being against reddit the company. Copying the content here actually hurts the company in sense that they don't get to then gatekeep the crowdsourced content.

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[โ€“] qyron@sopuli.xyz 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Are you an "expat" from Reddit or are you here to stay and help Lemmy grow and be its own thing?

Answer that.

[โ€“] ReluctantMuskrat@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

He's here... why does it matter?

I came here because my favorite app, Sync for Reddit, died like the other 3rd party apps. I still use reddit some because the groups I was a part of there don't really exist here, or not with much volume anyway. Ketorecipes for instance... if I want to see new recipes frequently, I gotta go to reddit, but I wouldn't if their content was being x-posted. If I post a recipe it'll be here but in a recipes forum, like many other subject types, you're more commonly a reader than a content maker. I have no doubt the small community here will grow eventually but for now it's limited by the low subscriber/contributer count.

Can Lemmy be more/different than reddit? Sure. Can Lemmy be similar to, a replacement for and yet better than reddit? Absolutely.