I’m confused, bringing posts from Reddit seems like a waste of time, no-one replies, it’s extra, unnescessary load for the servers. Why is this tolerated?

  • simple@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Because a few people want it apparently. You can block the bot reposting content and you won’t see it anymore.

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      1 year ago

      One of the good things about reddit was the bulk of knowledge already there…

      Reposting memes makes no sense, but TIL, DIY, and random tech subs have a lot of good info going back a decade

      • kobra@lemm.ee
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        1 year ago

        Yeah, this is it. I’ve also been slightly annoyed at the bot posts because it’s just a firehose of content without any interaction. However, for the useful info subs, I think its a small price to pay to make sure that information is propagated outside of reddit’s servers.