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Its a user volume issue. Reality is, Lemmy just isnt at scale like Reddit in users. Comment, post, vote - make it active. Give people a reason to stick around and engage.
But I'd agree i dont want a bot just funneling Reddit to Lemmy. Im here, rather than Reddit, by intent
its a chicken and the egg issue - no content no users. give them at least content and then users will come
I'm not here for content. I'm here for interaction. Repost bots are all noise no signal from that perspective. Similarly a thousand users who lurk are less important to me than a single user who remembers me across threads (probably as "that guy who doesn't believe in [linear time | disbanding the Electoral Collage | Ohio being part of the Midwest | the superiority of the metric system]").
oh my lord. people - if there is no content, there is not going to be people to interact with. its that simple
chicken and the egg - solve the egg problem and you will get the chicken.
You keep asserting this in the face of multiple people telling you otherwise. That doesn't mean you're wrong — but it certainly doesn't mean you're right, either.
im not alone, many people say they are lemmy native, but just have separate accounts and use reddit. thats ok.