If you are an instance owner, you can use this tool https://github.com/rileynull/RedditLemmyImporter . However, is all of your sub's old content really that valuable to bring over? Why not just create the new community, copy the old sidebar info / rules, make a sticky with links to top posts in the old sub, let a few people know (in a way that doesn't violate the sub's rules) and let people migrate naturally?
this post was submitted on 09 Jun 2023
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I agree - I would probably recommend even using archive.ph or the Wayback Machine to archive/permalink anything like top posts, if they're really important. Copying all of the contents of a subreddit to a Lemmy instance just seems like overkill.
Thank you that looks like exactly what I need. Reddit keeping history hostage is one of the way the transition can fail and this breaks that. I am weirded out by all the comments almost unanimously suggesting to burn down the past.
I think it’s more people tired of the pollution that took place, and trying to preserve the clean and friendly one we have so far.
I do personally agree with saving old ones, but I’d highlight them as legacy and then make only the admin be able to edit/create content there, with links to the new one still as suggested before.
Don’t burn books, but let’s not study incorporate the worst things and make them normal here. I think is the feeling.
I support the archiver program myself xD
Why get load on a community run project, just let the past die imo.
Use a web archiver on old.reddit.com and store the stuff away for now, is my recommendation. There are concerns about ownership of the content on reddit from a legal perspective, so best to archive as a reference more than anything
I would personally prefer that all my posts/comments not get copied over. Lemmy isn't a clone of Reddit, it's something new. It's like trying to turn your new partner into your ex because you miss them.
While I do value the new (to me, an ex Reddit user) atmosphere of Lemmy, I think a lot of useful information is still 'left behind' on Reddit. Maybe we should focus on bringing that over, like how c/piracy still has the megathread.