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

submitted 13 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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[–] WizardGed@lemmy.ca 6 points 6 hours ago

for whatever it's worth i would vote against it if only for avoiding any legal chicanery reddit might pull on lemmit and lemmy instances that interact/federate with it(though its not a deal breaker for me). As it currently stands lemmy.ca can claim it does not and has not interacted with lemmit and therefore would fare better if reddit comes looking to attack the fediverse/lemmy. we need to do our best to protect fedecan and avoiding businesses with big pockets and billionaire interests that would hurt or damage it seems the best way to do it. we don't need that crap here anyway, the only thing it has that I wish lemmy had is more users to update the news feeds quicker.