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Hi everyone, I just wanted to ask if there is any reason why UK_Politics on Feddit has substantially less content compared to UK_Politics on Reddit?

I'd love to only use Feddit but I find myself starting with Feddit and reading the stories/articles quickly and then checking Reddit to see other content. This annoys me (and maybe many others) as I would love to get completely away from Reddit.

Is it purely down to less people on Feddit vs Reddit? or some other reason?

Is there any way we could 'sync' with Reddit to get the same content? I'm not bothered with the discussion parts of it I'd just like to get the stories and articles (which would hopefully add more discussion on Feddit if we got them)

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[–] Aggravationstation@feddit.uk 16 points 4 months ago

Is there any way we could 'sync' with Reddit to get the same content?

Please, leave Reddit behind friend.

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Is it purely down to less people on Feddit vs Reddit? or some other reason?

It's a numbers game - more people = more posters = more content.

Is there any way we could ‘sync’ with Reddit to get the same content?

There are bots you can run that would bring over the content from Reddit but you wouldn't want it into a standard community as it leads to a lot of posts flooding the community and you get very little engagement. There are bot instances - I'll have a nose around and see what I can find. There's usually a community mirroring most medium to large sub's.

Also, be the change you want to see - if you find a good article, throw it in here. It's the work of moments.

[–] dronics@feddit.uk 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I get your point on "syncing" too many posts which might cause little engagement. It would be nice to have more than the 2-5 articles that are currently what I'm roughly seeing. I'd like a balance of around 10-15, this would hopefully help with more engagement but not too much!

If you can find anything about the bots then I'll certainly try and help. Even without the bots I'll start to help with content. As I said, I was worried about backlash from just copying the content from Reddit but that doesn't sound like it's an issue.

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 5 points 4 months ago

If you can find anything about the bots then I’ll certainly try and help.

I can't find a Lemmy not bringing in the UK Politics sub but it looks like you can post a request to: !requests@zerobytes.monster If the bot starts dragging over Reddit posts then you can subscribe that rather than popping back to Reddit.

Even without the bots I’ll start to help with content.

That's the spirit.

As I said, I was worried about backlash from just copying the content from Reddit but that doesn’t sound like it’s an issue.

As long as you are linking to the original content and not just back to Reddit, then no-one will care where you found it first - I use a range of things to dig for new news.

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 4 points 4 months ago

Is there really not that much? I know there's a general election this week so there's probably more than usual, but if you look at local it's almost all politics!