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Do people think the reddit scraping bots are useful? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I feel like it just creates a potemkin village where we have communities filled with content that nobody interacts with or cares about.

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[–] RadDevon 1 points 1 year ago

I think the whole idea is wrongheaded. The community is what's special, not the content. If the content is non-native to the community because members of the community didn't choose to post it, it shouldn't be here.

Archiving is a noble goal, but it shouldn't happen inside an active community. It would be like opening a graveyard inside the community center.