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Content jacking and top posting other people's content is really bad for Lemmy. It's also just being a dick to other people making content on the platform.

  • feed is spammy
  • divides conversation
  • chills engagement
  • makes Lemmy less friendly to posters

This pattern is very common on lemmy, and needs to stop.

This is often used to attack or force migrate conversations from a instance someone doesn't like to another instance they do like. It's offensive by its very nature.

If you want to make a better community, great, do it but not at the expense of other Lemmy posters.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (26 children)

I haven't seen this, so can't speak on it. What's the difference between someone reposting the same article/crossposting and content jacking?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (24 children)

Let's say you make a niche post about a programming feature

2-6 hours later someone copies your post exactly but doesn't cross post. Now people browsing by New see the copy first and if they do see the original it feels redundant/ spammy.

If people do talk about this niche thing it's likely they won't be talking in the same place.

You as the poster won't see the engagement with your content, you won't see comments, and you may be less incentivized to post again

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Thanks for explaining. If someone is stealing posts, then it's up to the moderators and/or admins to deal with that.

But as I said, there's a lot of people on Lemmy that think theft is okay. Hence sanctioning bots to steal content from elsewhere on the net.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

But as I said, there’s a lot of people on Lemmy that think theft is okay.

Theft happening to others, maybe. Try stealing from them ;)

then it’s up to the moderators and/or admins to deal with that.

That being said, I agree this is the moderator's job to deal with it but keep in mind that:

  • Mods are benevolent and there aren't that many to begin with.
  • One may still need to report the issue for the mod to become aware of it.
[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago

When it's the mod doing it?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago

One may still need to report the issue for the mod to become aware of it.

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