It's an instance that crossposts posts from Reddit, except it also makes a new user for each Reddit account it came from. So if /u/hello123 made a post, it makes that post under a new account called hello123. That makes it impossible to block posting bots.

Not only that, it makes posts look like they're posted by real people, with many question and text posts being copied as well. I was very confused as to what these posts were until I realized they're crossposts.

Examples:

https://alien.top/post/263029

https://lemm.ee/u/pocalyuko@alien.top

https://lemm.ee/u/ItzMeRocket@alien.top

https://lemm.ee/u/CaptainCapp-n@alien.top

I strongly believe Lemmy isn't the place for mirroring content from other websites. You can host your own alternate Reddit frontend like LibReddit, there's no reason to spam the posts to everyone using Lemmy just because 5 people asked for it. Not to mention there are already enough instances mirroring posts, this is getting obnoxious.

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[+] limelight79@lemm.ee -8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I can't believe two people downvoted your comment.

You're right about contributing.

As for the filtering, I'm not sure how I feel about that - I use the web interface on my computer and an app on my phone and tablet. I'd prefer them to have similar results. But I see the point you're making; it could be curated by user instead of a massive algorithm for everyone.

[+] rglullis@communick.news -11 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Thanks for the support, but I honestly stopped caring about downvotes. I think there is a vocal minority that is already set on not liking what I am doing, so they are going to vote me down even if I post a cure for cancer.

[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Fucking hell you are tone deaf. Your idea is fine. Your implementation sucks ass.

Did I see in another post where you told people to stop thinking of bots as bots and imagine they are real users because they might be one day, and then redefine what a bot was? Just stop.

People are telling you time and time again what is pissing them off, and then you just try and repackage and resell what you are doing. Just stop.

Put in big bold letters at the top of the posts that "THIS IS A THREAD THAT IS COPIED FROM REDDIT TO HELP FACILITATE USER TRANSITION TO LEMMMY."

Sure, you are driving people to participate in a thread, but it's pointless and counter productive. It's pissing people off and you are poo-poo'ing it like they don't understand your grand plans.

[–] uis@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I had similar effect under post of linux ponies, where every comment had at least one downvote. I call it "brown marks".