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What is the point of having a bot parrot everything that's posted on Reddit? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 year ago by Seigest@lemmy.ca to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I noticed there's a lot of " This is an automated archive made by the Lemmit Bot." Post. And I am wondering why?

I dont really understand why these are popular. The bots are only copying the OP Post and not the comments.

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[–] yaycupcake@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago

For some people it's not that simple. Some folks aren't technical enough to spin up an instance of any software. Other people have specific accessibility needs that may not be covered by any remaining options.