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Time to unblock lemmit.online? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 21 hours ago by SomethingWentWrong@lemmy.ca to c/main@lemmy.ca

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lemmit.online is a controversial lemmy server since its sole purpose is to run a bot that mirrors reddit posts to lemmy. Previous discussion 3 years ago about whether to block it: https://lemmy.ca/post/1380644

Currently it is blocked from lemmy.ca and I would like to unblock it to ease weaning off reddit gradually. If I can use lemmy.ca as my main site with links off to reddit on occassion I don't need to use reddit anymore to browse but just drop in for a specific post of interest.

The main complaint is it can fill up the all category with high volume of low interaction posts. This can be dealt with on a per user basis by blocking either the lemmit.online instance or blocking the bot@lemmit.online user.

Looking at the top 10 lemmy instances on https://fedidb.com/software/lemmy here's who allows or blocks the lemmit.online instance:

lemmy.world        ✅
lemmy.ml           ✅
sh.itjust.works    ✅
lemmy.dbzer0.com   ✅
lemmy.ca           ❌
programming.dev    ✅
lemmy.zip          ✅
lemmy.blahaj.zone  ❓
ttrpg.network      ✅
lemmy.one          ✅

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[–] ryper@lemmy.ca 18 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

That doesn't seem like something that should ever be unblocked. Reposts from reddit should get less necessary over time.

If you want to wean yourself off reddit try following the RSS feeds for your usual subreddits.

[–] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 4 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Reddit has rss feeds? I thought they shut that down years ago along with every other quality of life feature.

[–] ryper@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 hours ago

It still works if you use old reddit. I still follow r/halifax with https://old.reddit.com/r/halifax.rss