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Was just wondering if that was a reasonable and ethical way of growing Lemmy...

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[โ€“] somedaysoon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I was just going to comment this... I have thought reddit has been on a strong downhill decline for the last 8 years. There is so much spam and misinformation and ads disguised as posts and fluff... I didn't trust half what was posted there anyway.

What I'm finding on lemmy is that it is more organic, I feel like people are more genuine, and I think if we copy posts 1:1 and bring in the spam and misinformation and fluff then that defeats the purpose. I get people might be having withdrawals from reddit, I've habitually used it for 15 years, but I've deleted my accounts and I'm over it. It's dead to me. This is a new community, we don't have to be a reddit mirror, and I'd prefer it not to be.