Most postings on lemmy are simply Reddit “archive” bots. Why is this so prevalent?

  • @Hawke
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    441 year ago

    Because people think “content” is what makes this kind of site great. In reality it’s discussion.

    • @[email protected]
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      151 year ago

      To be fair, it’s both. There is no discussion without content, so having some content helps to kickstart discussion. But excessive botspam just makes it look even emptier.

      • @Hawke
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        61 year ago

        Yes you need content, but without the discussion the content is just a firehose of random garbage.

        • @[email protected]
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          31 year ago

          …and without content, there isn’t any discussion to start with.

          like i said, i agree that healthy discussion is the best, but we need something to kickstart it.

    • @[email protected]OP
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      31 year ago

      Ofc! It’s what made the platform i Refuse Entusiastically During Dis Intervention To Discuss so great!