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I'm considering making a reddit to lemmy cross posting tool. (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Idea: Scrape all the posts from a subreddit as they're being made, and "archive" them on a lemmy instance, making it very clear it's being rehosted, and linking back to the original. It would probably have to be a "closed" lemmy instance specifically for this purpose. The tool would run for multiple subreddits, allowing Lemmy users to still be updated about and discuss any potential content that gets left behind.

Thoughts? It's probably iffy copyright-wise, but I think I can square my conscience with it.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This instance, like most instances, would prefer most content come organically, rather than just being a mirror of whatever reddit has.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I fully understand and respect that, and would never run it on an instance that wasn't specifically set up for this purpose.

The intention is for it to be something people can OPT IN to, not OPT OUT of.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

If you are talking about your posts there is no problem, but if you are talking about all the posts and replies of a subreddit, I think it is a bad idea as you are replicating comments and opinions of other people who couldn't delete them in a future if they wanted.