Yup. There are definitely bad ways to go about scraping reddit posts. But if it’s done properly, there’s no reason to be upset about it. We get the content without needing to actually visit the site, and we also get the (generally much more friendly) comment sections.
We have plenty without that. I've blocked every single repost bot I've seen, also any actual person who reports from reddit. And I still have plenty of content.
You don't actually downvote anything on reddit, only here on Lemmy, lol :D. Those are just reposts of stuff already on reddit, but nothing done here actually reflects anything on reddit.
Agreed, but I can settle with one person, a designated champion, to brave the dark waters and bring us our daily allotment of Tales from the Crypt Bestof, prorevenge, and BestofRedditorUpdates. It keeps me from ever going there.
I mean...I don't mean to go back...but my hands get twitchy. I look away for a minute, and muscle memory kicks in....and by the time I look back down....it's there.....it's Reddit.
Omg, we need to start a Redditors Anonymous for lemmy.