Something to think about. It is pointless to interact with any of those posts directly here, so as a result they get no engagement. They’re just links to Reddit, and I feel like they’re just funnelling engagement back there. I can’t help but notice, possibly incorrectly, that activity here sharply dropped as soon as that bot went active.
If we want the content here, wouldn’t it make more sense to pull non self post content directly and post it as a first class Lemmy post here without linking to the reddit post?
If our goal is to make this the new Monero home, wouldn’t a better approach be adding this site to the sidebar on the subreddit, or having automod inform every poster about it’s existence? Is moving here even our goal anymore?
You’re definitely raising a valid point.
I think if we just reposted the reddit posts it would get even more confusing than it already is. I don’t really have an answer for this problem since some people asked for the mirror specifically so they don’t have to check reddit anymore. The best solution I currently have is people hiding bot accounts via their profile settings if they don’t want to see the “reddit ghost posts” in the local feed.
Regarding the last part: I didn’t want to “abuse” my reddit mod powers to “shill my own project”. Many people also want to keep the subreddit alive since it’s a little more noob friendly.
I personally have mostly moved here and only ever go to reddit for r/LocalLLaMa anymore. We now have representation on the fediverse, which is a huge win imo. !monero@monero.town already has +600, that is towns usercount times 4! The goal behind town was never to become the only Monero forum and having the option between reddit and town is important in terms of decentralization. On one hand reddit could ban any mention of Monero whenever they like but on the other they just have way more reliable uptime when compared to town.
I just remember there were announcements in the newsletters like Revuo and stuff saying this was replacing the subreddit, then the subreddit was locked to new posts. I was sure it was happening and I was very excited.
I don’t think there should be a single place for Monero discussion, I just think the community needs to end it’s reliance on Reddit. I’d love for everyone in the community who wants to to launch spaces, people do and I engage in a few of them. My problem is specifically that reddit is unpredictable and dangerous.
I don’t know a good answer either, what I said above is the best I came up with.
The subreddit was shut down after people voted to participate in the reddit protest and afterwards people voted to keep every like it was before. You are free to start another poll on if automod should point people here or whatever else but there’s quite the conflict of interest (or at least looks like it) if I do it 😅