I think it’s a cool idea, and it could be the best way to help users on Reddit learn about Lemmy and migrate over.

I have some concerns though

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What I like:

If you go to communities like [email protected], you can see what I mean. Lemmy commenters are generally more helpful, more detailed, and get to the posts a lot faster than Reddit users.

If I understand correctly, once the network is implemented:

1. Reddit user signs up on Fediverser
2. Reddit user posts on a subreddit that has a Lemmy equivalent
3. Post is crossposted to Lemmy
4. When a Lemmy user replies to the post, that comment is reposted by a bot on Reddit

Users on the Reddit post will:

• learn about Lemmy
• see the good quality reply (if the reply is good, Reddit mods won’t ban the bot)
• get a direct link to a community/instance relevant to them

Users in the Lemmy community will

• get more content from people that are already curious about Lemmy

That would be really cool!

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HOWEVER

Right now, the network isn’t fully implemented. Instead, in communities like [email protected], there is a flood of ALL content that is posted in the respective subreddit.

This is bad because:

• Lemmy users don’t know that no human will see their replies, and the helpful Lemmy users are just talking to a wall. This will make them… less helpful in the future
• Because ALL content is being mirrored, this spams out the actual Lemmy posts
• Reddit users have no idea, and no control, over whether their posts are mirrored. I only noticed on the datahoarder community, but there are more sensitive subreddits where I would want control over where it is posted. I would also need a way to delete the content from Lemmy, and right now the users can’t do that.

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Proposed fixes

• Don’t mirror all content, only the stuff from Reddit users that sign up. There is already an incentive for signing up (more replies, better replies, better reach). If a user doesn’t sign up, their post will not be mirrored, and they will not get the benefit.
• If two communities WANT full mirroring, let them decide and have them contact directly (ex. from Modmail). Encourage them to talk to their communities before deciding
• Any automated post NEEDS a note saying so
  • Posts to Lemmy should have a link to the Reddit user, the Reddit post, and an “about” page for Fediverser
  • Comments to Reddit should have a link to the Lemmy comment, an “about” page for Fediverser, and a link to some “what is lemmy”/“new to lemmy” article.
• If it’s not being implemented like the above, maybe change it up to consider the points about user control

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As it is, reposting everything is damaging to Lemmy and potentially harmful to Reddit users that don’t know their stuff is being mirrored.