Whoever is in charge of that instance, STOP.

It’s an instance that crossposts posts from Reddit, except it also makes a new user for each Reddit account it came from. So if /u/hello123 made a post, it makes that post under a new account called hello123. That makes it impossible to block posting bots.

Not only that, it makes posts look like they’re posted by real people, with many question and text posts being copied as well. I was very confused as to what these posts were until I realized they’re crossposts.

Examples:

https://alien.top/post/263029

https://lemm.ee/u/pocalyuko@alien.top

https://lemm.ee/u/ItzMeRocket@alien.top

https://lemm.ee/u/CaptainCapp-n@alien.top

I strongly believe Lemmy isn’t the place for mirroring content from other websites. You can host your own alternate Reddit frontend like LibReddit, there’s no reason to spam the posts to everyone using Lemmy just because 5 people asked for it. Not to mention there are already enough instances mirroring posts, this is getting obnoxious.

    • NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zipEnglish
      203·
      1 year ago

      And what you still seem to not understand:

      Those communities don’t want to be on those domains. So all you are doing is trying to force their hand because you think your desires override their autonomy.

      I don’t have to “paint (your) work in the worst possible light” because… you are doing that yourself.

        • NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zipEnglish
          181·
          1 year ago

          I would say that I would rather they make their own decisions rather than someone decide they know better and force their hands.

            • NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zipEnglish
              161·
              1 year ago

              Into a selfish authoritarian?

              Also, I was not aware that not forcing human beings to talk about video games in the space you decided they should makes me a libertarian. I guess I need to rethink my life?

                • NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zipEnglish
                  122·
                  1 year ago

                  Unlike Reddit, I am not able to kick out moderators and keep only those that pledge loyalty to me.

                  You know what? I think you’ve made all my points for me, repeatedly. Like, if anything I owe you for making my argument better than I could. So I’ll just loop back to

                  It isn’t about “growing” lemmy. It is about “growing” internet points and communities. People see an opportunity to become the mods they hate (fucking pricks, how dare they ban someone for screaming forty slurs in every single post for six months straight!) while establishing themselves as power users. Because if it worked on reddit, it works on here.

                  Just block communities and, where possible, instances.

                  Feel free to continue to reiterate my points for me while pretending you are refuting them.