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What would folks think about using this tool to clone the existing subreddit? Losing the historical content would really suck. I make heavy use of subreddit search for solving technical problems.

rileynull/RedditLemmyImporter: ๐Ÿ”ฅ Anti-Reddit Aktion ๐Ÿ”ฅ

This project translates Reddit API responses into a PL/pgSQL script which loads the data into a Lemmy database.

In other words, it takes Reddit posts/comments and puts them into Lemmy.

PS I am a pretty newb person and last time I tried to do much with a db I didn't get very far so please no one rely on me to get this done. I will see about giving it a shot but given the short timelines might not get it in time.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'd rather there be a dedicated instance to archiving subreddits rather than populate current communities with old stuff. (As in, probably could do this to more than just selfhosted) Read only, if lemmy even works that way, but federated so people on lemmy can link to it and read in app easily. We shouldn't let reddit hold the keys to useful historical information that has been gathered over the years, I feel it needs to be self-hosted and mirrored, but forging a new community culture I think is better than direct baggage from reddit.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

This.

Importing threads into this sub doesn't feel like the right move to me.

You can still search reddit for solutions.

I don't see any benefit to new users seeing content here which was originally from reddit.