Reddit doesn’t actually own any of the content, right? Neither do any of the contributors? Seems like a good way to fuck Reddit.

  • makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml
    812·
    2 years ago

    There’s just no need anymore. Lemmy has boomed, and we have our own content. Reddit is not really relevant anymore.

    • Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world
      259·
      2 years ago

      I mean, the content here lately is 15 year old memes.

      A lot of the boom is people that were too lame to get karma on Reddit so they spam dumb things here now and get upvotes because everyone is still in “upvote everything to help the community” mode.

      • Chriszz@lemmy.world
        2·
        2 years ago

        I think you hit the nail on the head, but personally, I stopped upvoting “to help the community” a while ago. Lemmy seems to be doing fine now so I’m not against downvoting at all either.

        The people upvoting those crappy 15 year old memes aren’t against downvoting either, because when I mentioned how terrible the memes were I got downvoted.

    • DrTautology@lemmy.worldOP
      3·
      2 years ago

      I feel you. I still think it might be worth stealing what is worth stealing, if you know what I mean. There’s definitely still good content creators over on Reddit.

    • DrTautology@lemmy.worldOP
      31·
      2 years ago

      Maybe. I’m finding the Lemmy content and platform features lacking personally. Some of my favorite subs don’t have an analogue here, and the clones here are significantly smaller and therefore have less content. I see great potential though, which is why I think “stealing” content is a sound strategy to grow. I find it interesting also, because there are two reasons people use Reddit: The content and the platform. One of those things isn’t actually owned by Reddit. So Lemmy has the distinct advantage in that there is already a good platform in place, and all the good content of Reddit (and half of it’s value) can be moved over here.

  • AFK BRB Chocolate@lemmy.world
    50·
    2 years ago

    The counter question is: why would that be an improvement?

    For me, the stuff with the 3PAs was just a final straw; there were lots of ways Reddit had gone downhill from when I first joined several years ago. I was happy that they was finally a workable alternative that was young and could potentially grow without the bad things about Reddit.

    My ex wife is an ex for a reason, I’d never ask my wife now to try to be more like my ex. We can do better.

  • twistypencil@lemmy.world
    3·
    2 years ago

    Couldn’t it just be under some kind of hierarchy so people who don’t want to see it could avoid it, and those who want to tap in to get their content fix but keep off reddit itself…

    I worry about lemmy not giving people enough of what reddit provides and people driftng back. I know I haven’t yet managed to get lemmy to provide me the fix I was getting from reddit, yet. Part of that might be because I need to move my subscribed subreddits over, but for most people that is quite a barrier to stay here.

    Don’t get me wrong, I want this to succeed, 1000%, and I agree with many arguments here about reposting can screw things up, but maybe we need to think about how we will maintain our momentum if people are still going to check reddit regularly because lemme isn’t yet providing their fix.

    For me, because I’m not getting the content I want, I’m just not going there, but I know I’m missing things and want it to improve.

    • DrTautology@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      2 years ago

      I know I haven’t yet managed to get lemmy to provide me the fix I was getting from reddit, yet.

      I feel the same. The content is absolutely limited right now. I’ve been switching back and forth for a few days, and the content is just better over on Reddit. Even if a lot of it is reposts, it’s still quality content that will draw in fresh eyes. I get in here and scroll through all filtered by hot, and very few posts are drawing me in.

      I worry about lemmy not giving people enough of what reddit provides and people driftng back.

      I know it isn’t. Which is pretty much the reason for my question. If there isn’t a constamt stream of quality content, people will just stop coming here.

  • hahattpro@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 years ago

    There are some game community I often visit still on Reddit.

    Example: r/fallen London r/sunlesssea

    I doubt that mod will move to Lemmy anytime. It is the community they build for business. Moving to Lemmy is risky move.

  • ShooBoo@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 years ago

    I think the key will be the adoption of all the sub-reddits coming here and producing the same quality content they do there.

    • DrTautology@lemmy.worldOP
      5·
      2 years ago

      I agree. I think that’s going to be the only way this shit works. I want it to work, but there needs to be more of a plan and effort than shitty memes from 2010. Everyone keeps saying “this isn’t reddit this isn’t reddit”, we’ll then why is the best content here on subreddit clone communities with the same banners and same rules? This needs to be more like Reddit, because that is only reason all of us are here.

    • sun_is_ra@sh.itjust.works
      1·
      2 years ago

      If anyone didn’t get what OP mean, some Lemmy communities repost reddit content while providing link to original reddit post and name the original author. One such community is todayifoundout

  • voidMainVoid@lemmy.world
    1·
    2 years ago

    How dare you suggest reposting things from other websites! I have never been so shocked and scandalized in my life!