Despite this being the “official” nix community on the Fediverse, it seems quite inactive. Others like !nix@programming.dev and !nixos@infosec.pub are only slightly better.

I’m wondering if the admins would be okay with me configuring my fediverser instance to mirror reddit posts and comments here?

    • rglullis@communick.newsOPEnglish
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      11 months ago

      To me it is another data point corroborating two things:

      • The large majority of “reddit protestors” really have a short attention span, and were not really interested in putting a fight against Reddit. As soon as the subs started opening again, it became a display of virtue to say “Fuck /u/spez”, but they all happily went back to the status quo.
      • Reddit is taking a look at this and thinking “we won”, which will embolden them to be more aggressive towards their plans. Mirroring content now is our best shot at creating a hedge against a future Reddit that will not hesitate to take more user-hostile actions if they think can increase their revenue.
    • rglullis@communick.newsOP
      1·
      11 months ago

      Yeah, but I think I’d still like to have an alternative that is part of the Fediverse. I know that the Discourse devs are working on it, but I am not aware of any actual working deployment.

  • ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de
    1·
    11 months ago

    Disclaimer: I know nothing about Nix communities and I have no opinion about whether you should do it.

    The Reddit mirror bot was created by @SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml, feel free to contact him for assistance.

    • rglullis@communick.newsOPEnglish
      4·
      11 months ago

      I’m actually okay with the mirror capability of fediverser, after all I’m the one that is developing it. :)

      It’s a bit more sophisticated than a simple mirror. It creates a 1:1 mapping between reddit accounts on the alien.top instance, which can then be taken over by the reddit users .by login via the portal.

      But therein lies the dilemma: I know that this tool is helping to bootstrap communities, but I also understand that some admins are against it. I have it already set up my system at alien.top to collect the posts from /r/NixOS, but I’m not going to push them to any community unless I get explicit approval from the mods and admins.