Does alien.top do anything other than mirror reddit comments? (programming.dev)

submitted 1 year ago by CameronDev@programming.dev to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I have just realised that alien.top seems to be mirroring reddit accounts, posts and comments, without labelling them as such. What is the point of this one way mirroring? As soon as users realise, they are going to just leave. There is no point having a discussion with a bot that cannot respond.

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[-] averyminya@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago

On the other hand, mirrors allow for users who wish to not or are blocked from engaging with reddit directly to still access it.

this post was submitted on 12 Nov 2023

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