Automatically mirroring content will come with a couple of issues. One is that you won’t be able to actually address the OP. This is fine in a context like WhitePeopleTwitter or something where you’re talking about a thing someone has said on another platform, but if someone is posting something that’s specifically driving engagement, there’s a meaningful bit of environmental context missing.
Having a Best of Reddit community makes sense for stuff like that.
The other issue is that the current population here can only support engaging with so many posts. Yes, an environment with a lot of content is important to make the space feel useful and alive, but a space with thousands of posts with zero comments or upvotes actually ends up looking like a ghost town populated by forgotten animatronics.
Plus, posts pulled from Reddit will drown out anyone trying to post original content here, discouraging actual, real engagement, and pushing people out.
Automatically mirroring content will come with a couple of issues. One is that you won’t be able to actually address the OP. This is fine in a context like WhitePeopleTwitter or something where you’re talking about a thing someone has said on another platform, but if someone is posting something that’s specifically driving engagement, there’s a meaningful bit of environmental context missing.
Having a Best of Reddit community makes sense for stuff like that.
The other issue is that the current population here can only support engaging with so many posts. Yes, an environment with a lot of content is important to make the space feel useful and alive, but a space with thousands of posts with zero comments or upvotes actually ends up looking like a ghost town populated by forgotten animatronics.
Plus, posts pulled from Reddit will drown out anyone trying to post original content here, discouraging actual, real engagement, and pushing people out.