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Content jacking/reposting is a problem on Lemmy. (hackertalks.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by jet@hackertalks.com to c/fedigrow@lemmy.zip
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Content jacking and top posting other people's content is really bad for Lemmy. It's also just being a dick to other people making content on the platform.

  • feed is spammy
  • divides conversation
  • chills engagement
  • makes Lemmy less friendly to posters

This pattern is very common on lemmy, and needs to stop.

This is often used to attack or force migrate conversations from a instance someone doesn't like to another instance they do like. It's offensive by its very nature.

If you want to make a better community, great, do it but not at the expense of other Lemmy posters.

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[–] jet@hackertalks.com 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Lemmy as a social media discussion forum is about human attention. The economy of success on lemmy is curating a audience and having their attention both in terms of voting, but more importantly, in terms of discussions.

Competition between communities is healthy and good

  • Better content
  • Better curation
  • Better community (welcoming, etc)

Trying to "boycott" or starve out other communities by making them "redundant" by burning out human attention on lemmy is bad for everyone

  • Lemmy feels empty
  • Repetition of content is wasting people's time
  • Dividing the conversation drives people away

If you hate a community, make a better community, don't try to burn out everyone who likes the old community.

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Repetition of content is wasting people’s time

Not when crossposts are used: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/47235271/19582739

Lemmy feels empty
Dividing the conversation drives people away

Piefed solves that issue: https://piefed.zip/post/100161

All comments from 5 crossposts in a single view

A few options

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

not everyone is using piefed.

And if everyone was using piefed that merges cross posts, this war against instances makes even less sense.

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago

Mbin has at similar approach where it is possible to see the number of comments on other communities:

https://fedia.io/m/linux@programming.dev/t/2321464/New-Linux-Flaws-Enable-Full-Root-Access-via-PAM-and#comments

This issue is due to Lemmy.

The Lemmy devs recently stated that this is a client problem, and that they don't plan to change that

In lemmy-ui we’ve chosen to link the posts at the top rather than combine comment threads.

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/46984024/19528869

And if everyone was using piefed that merges cross posts, this war against instances makes even less sense.

Instances still have different moderation policies. A comment could get on banned on one instance and allowed on another. Being able to see them all doesn't change that.