I think it’s great that so many people want to build and grow Lemmy, but why are we doing it by copying over Reddit content? It didn’t seem as bad when it was funny pics or memes or whatever, but now I’m seeing discussion threads, which doesn’t make sense to me.

I can kind of see it if a Reddit mod decides to move their forum from there to here, and wants to start with their existing content, but otherwise I’m not sure this is a good thing.

What do you guys think?

  • Undisclosed
    4•1 year ago

    I don’t know about this one. I mean Reddit memes don’t always originate from Reddit, time and time again id see old internet content from 12 years ago from ifunny or 9gag etc.

    I also think that if a lot of the users have been in a Reddit tunnel for a long time, of course they’re going to think similarly… questions even on Reddit get repeated ad nauseum (e.g “redditors, what is the most nsfw thing that’s happened to you” and people commenting about actual OHSA stuff instead of sexy stuff= haha).
    I’m not entirely sure humans are capable of have original thoughts 100% of the time. Probably not even 20%. That’s especially true if they’re getting all their info/humor from the same places.

    Memes are memes!

    • Boz (he/him)
      1•1 year ago

      Slightly off topic, but OMG I would absolutely love a community that’s “NSFW, but actually OSHA violations.” It would probably be a pain in the buns to mod, though.