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Why is it frowned upon here to 'steal' content from reddit? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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If anything, shouldn't it be encouraged, and even automated? I'm including even the 'old' stuff from reddit here. Reddit shouldn't be the absolute owner of the content submitted by users. When I migrated here, it wasn't because of me being against reddit users, but being against reddit the company. Copying the content here actually hurts the company in sense that they don't get to then gatekeep the crowdsourced content.

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[–] 19 points 2 years ago*

If all you want is a clone of reddit, you can just go to reddit.

Lemmy is its own community with its own users and culture that will develop over time. Let it grow organically rather than trying to make it reddit Jr.

Nothing is stopping reddit users from creating content over here. But taking their content to a platform they’re not part of isn’t really fair to them, is it?

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