What is the etiquette on shamelessly stealing from Reddit to post here? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 years ago by ComfortablyGlum@sh.itjust.works to c/main@sh.itjust.works

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By "here" I mean all of the Fediverse, but more specifically sh.itjust.works; I don't want to cause any bad vibes in my new home instance.

I don't NORMALLY post, and I'm limiting my access to Reddit in favor of Lemmy, but if stealing from the rich is acceptable, I'm happy to occasionally Robin Hood content over; I just prefer my theft to be within prevailing ethical guidelines.

Thanks!

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[-] ABoxOfNeurons@lemmy.one 32 points 3 years ago

After all that work they did to screenshot Twitter?

[-] hotdaniel@lemmy.zip 29 points 3 years ago

I don't care. If there's something important happening I'd like to know about it, and my reddit app is broken so you'd be doing me a favor. If it's a bot doing it, then nah.

[-] ComfortablyGlum@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 years ago

Not a bot; just a curious lurker who might get a slight thrill out of filching from reddit for the betterment of Lemmy.

[-] Hagarashi8@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 years ago

Then go ahead and steal some memes. Just never link reddit. Never.

[-] CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works 29 points 3 years ago

Its not reddits belongings, just take it, the users don't care either. But, do never link reddit, not everyone has that shithole of a website on their block list.

[-] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 24 points 3 years ago

Lemmy as a whole is at a growth at any cost period, if you can make a community more active, then go for it.

[-] drascus@sh.itjust.works 18 points 3 years ago

I wouldn't know if it was on reddit. I don't think it belongs to them anyway.

[-] cyu@sh.itjust.works 16 points 3 years ago

I remember when Digg and Reddit were equally competitive. People were taking stuff from one site and putting it on the other all the time (until Digg eventually died). I imagine it will soon be the case here.

[-] cantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 years ago

At this point someone could make a lemmy community that just has a bot post the top of reddit. They don't own the information users are generating.

[-] Slacking@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

I think it's fine, even more so if you name who the original author is. I already created two clone subs and I plan on boosting them with a lot of stolen content from a bit everywhere until people join, if they do.

That being said, I'm new.

[-] iraq_lobster@lemm.ee 2 points 3 years ago

i guess i ll start taking screenshots too of my favourite subs.

[-] qwamqwamqwam@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 years ago

There are bots that scrape content off of reddit and repost it here, so as far as actual consequences go I doubt there are any. Personally, I try to keep all of my content original, but then again I like the original places I'm trying to rebuild over here so YMMV.

[-] darknyght00@vlemmy.net 11 points 3 years ago

Doit.jpg and also justdoit.gif

[-] tallwookie@lemmy.world 10 points 3 years ago

ideally, you wouldnt have to do it - but some communities have next to no content. I suppose, provide credit where credit is due, etc.

[-] cantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 years ago

Fuckin' do it

[-] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 years ago

The majority of stuff on reddit is "stolen" in the first place.

[-] 001100010010@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 years ago

I encourage it as long as you're not claiming to be the original poster.

[-] Leer10@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 years ago

I'd rather see it because I'm trying to use reddit less, so it'd be nice if cross posters shared some good ass content

[-] luthis 6 points 3 years ago

Do it.

[-] cedarmesa@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

💀

[-] neo@lemmy.comfysnug.space 5 points 3 years ago

I do attribution and link back via libreddit to the source.

[-] Wander@yiffit.net 5 points 3 years ago

I just posted this same question here: https://yiffit.net/post/248094

You might find the comments useful.

[-] ComfortablyGlum@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 years ago

I did see that, and found the responses very helpful. I think it's a great idea to bring over useful information that might be found on reddit.

But I was thinking more mindless stuff; like cat videos or the office memes. It's hard to tell what's original and what's not with stuff like that.

[-] briongloid@aussie.zone 2 points 3 years ago

If you are manually copying something over, I put the text in > quotation and link to the original, replacing the reddit.com part of the link with libreddit.hu

I just quote the source just like any other website, etc.