BasicallyClean 16 points 3 years ago

The absolute #1 thing we need right now is focus on building kbin:

We DESPERATELY need a bot that will take submissions from our subreddit and mirror them on kbin so that we can create the same experience over here and build this place in parallel.

Once Spez eventually ruins Reddit through this Elon phase he's going through, we will have a functioning community here, but we won't do that if we can't recreate the experience.

Does anyone have a solution to this? Any bot builders out there?

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roving6478 7 points 3 years ago

You should just make new posts of unique content instead of ripping posts from Reddit. Recycled memes doesn't make a community - interaction does

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ripcord 5 points 3 years ago

I believe I read that kbin at least doesn't have an API yet, anyone know if this is true?

Overall I like your plan. Each time migrations happen (like from YouTube to other places), I'm always surprised that people seem to think it's an all-or-nothing thing. Like, I'm surprised I don't start seeing people use or write a service to cross post to a bunch of video sites. Seems like a good way for them to help start building up views on other platforms (and help build alternative platforms that generally just lack content), but I have yet to see ANYONE do it. I'm sure someone has but usually they either just whine about how small other platforms are or try to switch too early and die off.

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alaphic 1 point 3 years ago

Dude, copyright lawyers would DMCA that down so hard there'd be an instinctual fear of the scent of fresh printer ink ingrained into your bloodline for the next 9 generations... Your kids would grow up thinking their dad was part paper mache...

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Ralphensnitch 3 points 3 years ago

I don't think that would have the intended impact though. What you end up with is a ghost town. It isn't fun chatting about something when nobody else is there. A sub full of posts and zero comments discourages anyone from trying.

Less posts, but full of comments will be way more appealing because it means there is a community. The posts will come in time.

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