cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/25243870 > I recently started messing around with ActivityPub, Mastodon and Lemmy and created LemmyLink, an open-source bot that seamlessly bridges Reddit and Lemmy. Triggered by the phrase “LemmyLink!” in a Reddit post title, body, or comment, the bot automatically creates a corresponding post on your chosen Lemmy instance. This allows Bidirectional post and comments between Reddit and Lemmy by triggering a Reddit bot. > > Feel free to play around with it on [r/LemmyLink](https://www.reddit.com/r/LemmyLink/). Simply include "LemmyLink!" anywhere in your post title, body or comment on the LemmyLink sub. This is setup on my own Lemmy instance lemmylink.com currently not federated and marked as a bot to avoid spamming the Fediverse. > > There are some pros and cons to bridging communities but I think if done with transparency and user opt-in it could serve as an interesting way to bring more users in to the Fediverse. But, I'm curious what others think. > > **How LemmyLink Works** > > Only works for Subreddits and Lemmy communities specified in the code > Reddit users include "LemmyLink!" in their Reddit post or comment > LemmyLink posts the Reddit comment or post to Lemmy > LemmyLink responds to the Reddit post or comment with link back to the Lemmy post > The code is rough so go easy on me but it is available on GitHub: > https://github.com/ateames/LemmyLink > > Feel free to fork it, suggest improvements, or simply try it out.