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Yup, and never bothered to clarify even when responses were given or when explicitly called out on apparent contradictions. Reposting images or memes is one thing, since the image is the whole point, but I can't comprehend reposting personal asks from Reddit over to Lemmy. The entire point of a community like this would be to give help and answers to the actual OP, who in this case would never even see them.

These aren't stories, these aren't entertainment, they are (supposed to be) earnest questions people want answers to. I replied to a few of them assuming good faith, and received not a single word back. It's just lame, I thought they were honestly asking for some guidance initially.

Its to make the community appear active at a glance. People are far less likely to join a community that has zero post activity since a large number of people lurk and the most surefire way to simulate post activity and ensure that the content is appealing is to mirror popular and active posts from already popular communities.

It's a bit like that thing where scientists put out fake decoy puffins to encourage other puffins to land on an island. Or how new cafes and coffee shops will sometimes hire or otherwise incentivise people to stay there all day so the cafe is never empty while they're still trying to drum up actual traffic