So I made a script that post once every 8 hours or where I start the script. The script will post to random c/ that has subscribers but low activity from a corresponding subreddit in hopes of jump starting it.

I do like the features where the image/video is simply put the url into the URL of a lemmy post so Reddit host the file and lemmy instances simply have to send text.

So far it has been a success. While I was building the script and making it post to my very niche 1 sub community the post ended up getting a few comments and over a dozen up votes. Which is great because I got surprised and I got to engage with other users and learn about something new.

Really the challenge is to find existing communities that don't have a active counterpart, have subscribers, have little to no activity, and something I have knowledge over. It would be strange to have something posted randomly and know nothing about that community or post or I have to spend 10 minutes figuring out what got posted

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[–] breakfastmtn@lemmy.ca 15 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You should probably get consent from communities you want to include. I appreciate that you have good intentions and wouldn't be spamming communities, but this is the kind of thing that people can get pretty angry about.

[–] solidheron@sh.itjust.works -5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I don't consider a post every other day to a c/ to be spam.

[–] breakfastmtn@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 days ago

Yeah, I agree. I said you wouldn't be spamming.

It sounds like you're grabbing posts about topics you're interested in, knowledgeable about, and that you want to talk about. It's almost like having a deck of cards with conversation topics on them and just drawing a random one every few days or something.