The Lemmit.Online bot (@bot@lemmit.online) has been banned and all its communities have been removed.
The bot was designed to pull in posts from Reddit in an attempt to provide content to the Fediverse. While it was an interesting project 3 years ago, it is evident very few users actually engaged with the bot. Most posts would only sit at 1 vote and 0 comments.
The bot has pulled in so many posts over the years (up to over 5 million posts) that it has come to the point where viewing the bot’s profile would soft lock the server. It is also likely that all these posts contribute a significant amount of storage but I have not confirmed this yet.
For these reasons, the bot has been banned and all its communities have been removed. A future policy update will restrict similar bots pulling content from Reddit and other forums.
If you are currently subscribed to a Lemmit.Online community, please seek for alternatives.
Please try searching for communities or asking other members.
Thank you, and I apologize for the inconvenience this might have caused.
Good riddance.
The whole idea of reposting Reddit content on the fediverse has always been stupid and toxic. It’s never going to get any meaningful engagement, so it’s just a waste of server space at best.
Especially when the user reposting only ever responds with something to the effect of “I’m just reposting the reddit thread, don’t ask me about what I posted.”
Exactly. And meanwhile, the OP is on Reddit, where we’re not.
It’s sort of like going to a restaurant and being served a picture of some food from some other restaurant.