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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by jet@hackertalks.com to c/fedigrow@lemmy.zip

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 8 points 1 year ago

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.

this post was submitted on 21 Jun 2025
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