notexecutive@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoIs it okay to essentially copy a subreddit to lemmy?message-squaremessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up129arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up129arrow-down1message-squareIs it okay to essentially copy a subreddit to lemmy?notexecutive@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square20fedilinkfile-text
I want to add a community that is essentially the Lemmy version of an existing subreddit (r/mcmansionhell). Is this allowed?
minus-squareikiru@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoDo you mean they have a backup of comment and post history from /r/datahoarder or a backup of literally all reddit?
minus-squareram@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoLiterally all of reddit. The entire platform.
minus-squareikiru@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoWow. That’s really impressive. I really enjoyed that sub. Also surprising it’s only 2TB.
minus-squareram@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoIt’s JSON so it’s only text, and it’s compressed, but that’s still 1 trillion characters assuming it’s UTF-16. I’ve not actually taken a look myself at the data though, I just contributed to let my PC contribute to the project.
Do you mean they have a backup of comment and post history from /r/datahoarder or a backup of literally all reddit?
Literally all of reddit. The entire platform.
Wow. That’s really impressive. I really enjoyed that sub.
Also surprising it’s only 2TB.
It’s JSON so it’s only text, and it’s compressed, but that’s still 1 trillion characters assuming it’s UTF-16. I’ve not actually taken a look myself at the data though, I just contributed to let my PC contribute to the project.