29 upvotes, 1 direct replies (showing 1)
View submission: What is this bot?
This is not an explanation to those who provide content to subreddits why this snapshot has been taken. This is an explanation of why the mods want it.
Suggestion: Kindly explain the benefit to the content poster and the sub as a whole in better detail.
This looks just a bit "AAAH took your picture, now we got you!"
Comment by justcool393 at 09/05/2017 at 00:21 UTC
10 upvotes, 2 direct replies
That really depends on the subreddit itself and the reasoning for wanting the bot to post on the subreddit is usually to archive ephemeral content.
For subreddits like /r/SubredditDrama and /r/Drama, the reasoning is for the user to be able to see the linked drama after the posts have been removed or a lot of time passes, where links end up succumbing to link rot, and this content is in subreddits where the content is links to other places which may eventually fade. The snapshots provide a benefit in that scenario.
While not all of the subreddits have the same reasoning, most subreddits have a variation of this or another.