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View submission: What is this bot?
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.
Comment by spahghetti at 09/05/2017 at 00:27 UTC
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archive ephemeral content
Totally mistook myself. You created the bot, it's not your responsibility to explain the implementation. The mods should (and may have) explained in better detail.
BTW, I am not taking offense you put this out. I wish you could build an anti brigading bot or monitor. That is what is killing Reddit, not crap posts.
Comment by [deleted] at 13/05/2017 at 05:03 UTC*
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