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Why are there so many bots all lemmy? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee to c/meta@lemm.ee

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Most postings on lemmy are simply Reddit “archive” bots. Why is this so prevalent?

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[–] eee@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think things will grow organically at whatever speed.

No it won't. Social networks require a critical mass to get started. It's why platforms like Uber throw money at drivers and consumers at the start - without a critical mass, it won't work. Spez and his team had conversations with each other using sock puppet accounts during the early days of Reddit.

[–] kd637_mi@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 1 year ago

Fair enough, I feel that there are enough people on Lemmy now that it is past the getting started phase though. If new people come on and see bot after bot I feel that it will be a worse experience than having fewer communities with organic engagement.