What is the etiquette on shamelessly stealing from Reddit to post here?

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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23 Comments

ABoxOfNeurons@lemmy.one · 30 pts · 3y

After all that work they did to screenshot Twitter?

hotdaniel@lemmy.zip · 29 pts · 3y (2 replies)

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 pts · 3y (1 reply)

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 · 9 pts · 3y

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

CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works · 27 pts · 3y
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ryathal@sh.itjust.works · 21 pts · 3y

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

cyu@sh.itjust.works · 16 pts · 3y (1 reply)

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 pts · 3y

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.

drascus@sh.itjust.works · 16 pts · 3y

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

qwamqwamqwam@sh.itjust.works · 13 pts · 3y

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.

Slacking@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 3y (1 reply)

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 pts · 3y

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

darknyght00@vlemmy.net · 11 pts · 3y

Doit.jpg and also justdoit.gif

tallwookie@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 3y

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 · 8 pts · 3y

Fuckin' do it

_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 3y

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

001100010010@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 3y
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luthis@lemmy.nz · 6 pts · 3y

Do it.

neo@lemmy.comfysnug.space · 6 pts · 3y

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

Leer10@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 3y

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

Wander@yiffit.net · 5 pts · 3y (1 reply)

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

You might find the comments useful.

ComfortablyGlum@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 3y

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.

cedarmesa@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y

💀

briongloid@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y

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.