I can see if accounts do it occasionally and organically but are accounts that exist solely to repost popular and recent posts from twitter/reddit/Facebook healthy for the Fediverse?

  • CombatWombat@feddit.onlineEnglish
    31·
    2 days ago

    There’s a way to do it, and there’s a way not to do it. If you’re reposting something that directly solicits feedback and you don’t know enough to be able to respond, that’s no fun. If you’re looking over reddit, carefully selecting interesting content, and hosting good conversation about it, that’s very healthy. Given you’re using words like “large scale” and “direct,” I assume you mostly have the unhealthy kind in mind.

        • cm0002@mander.xyzEnglish
          2·
          8 hours ago

          For my .ml crossposting campaign I hit usually 70-100/day with maybe upwards of 150 on busy days, all just notifications from their rss feed.

          It just fills the “micro breaks” void that got left behind when I quit vaping. It only takes me like 15/20 seconds per post for most of them. Some do need special handling but that doesn’t add that much

        • frongt@lemmy.zipEnglish
          2·
          19 hours ago

          How often do the cm0002 accounts post? There’s a lot, but at least they’re relevant to the communities.

          • cm0002@mander.xyzEnglish
            2·
            8 hours ago

            I think I crosspost from .ml anywhere from 70-100 a day, maybe 150 on particularly busy days

            But that includes a bulk front load of the overnight posts when I wake up that’s about ~20-40 posts

            It honestly just fills the “micro breaks” void that was left behind when I stopped vaping a few years ago

    • Saiwal@utsukta.org
      4·
      2 days ago

      CombatWombat wrote:

      If you’re looking over reddit, carefully selecting interesting content, and hosting good conversation about it

      agreed, this signals a healthy community and i actively seek out such passionate groups. Bots blindly reposting on the other hand signals spam.