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Should communities resort to copying content 1:1 from their respective subreddits to populate Lemmy? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by avapa@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Was just wondering if that was a reasonable and ethical way of growing Lemmy...

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[–] hrimfaxi_work@midwest.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think it's fine, but I also don't think any of us need to do anything beyond come here and engage with one another.

No online community lasts forever, but Reddit isn't going away soon. It'll continue disenfranchising people with each thing it does in pursuit of profitability and with each step away from what initially made it special. People will keep coming here.

I think the best thing folks here can do is just keep using the space and let it develop into whatever. People it appeals to will join us. Those who aren't into it will go somewhere else. In a few more years, I hope that Lemmy is its own thing that feels special in its own right.