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Internet forums are disappearing because now everything is Reddit and Discord. And that's worrying.
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Subreddits were not a problem before since they were accessible on the web without needing an account. But now reddit is gradually locking them down behind authwalls and things like not letting search engines index (other than Google).
Lemmy communities dont have this problem and because lemmy is federated, its resistant to such enshittification (plus you can easily create your own lemmy instance for only your team). So imo they are a good alternative to forums (and reddit) and a good solution to this problem.
What can we do to get more people to switch over to Lemmy from Reddit?
I keep an eye for engaging content on reddit and just rip it here. Mastodon and I think even BlueSky ran on repost bots in the early days. People have to find stuff here first.
I think, though, I stuck a Leminal Space link in my bio or upvoted a Luigi and got banned. So, not sure if you can directly link to Leminal over there or not.
I have thought about creating a bot to crosspost content from reddit here but I suppose they will quickly block access. RSS could work to a degree, but it doesn't include the full content and media.
If you or somebody else has ideas, I'm listening.
I have a link to my instance in the bio and regularly post about it and haven't had problems with exposure until now.
https://lemmit.online/ ?
That's cool! Definitely have to check it out.
FYI, the general consensus is that people disliked it as it was just a systematic repost bot from Reddit.
Reposting from Reddit is fine, but you need to filter the good content from the bad one
I thought about only crossposting uprising content and only a few a day. Simply crossposting everything would be definitely a bad idea.