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I'm honestly inclined to agree that what Writing Codidact needs isn't really another data import. It's to get actual people to come here, read, contribute, and remain. People who have posted on Wr...
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#2: Post edited
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Canina
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2020-05-20T13:07:31Z (over 4 years ago)
- I'm honestly inclined to agree that what Writing Codidact needs [isn't really another data import](https://writing.codidact.com/a/74997/75001). It's to **get actual people to come here, read, contribute, and remain.**
- People who have posted on Writing SE are by no means legally prevented from posting that same content here, since it's still their content and SE only has a *license* to use it (for a wide variety of purposes, including redistributing it under a CC license). The SE terms of service clearly acknowledge this. Edits can be slightly trickier, but certainly the initial revision could be copied verbatim if the person who posted it wants to do so, and we can then tweak it here.
Also, there's a small amount of original content here that wasn't imported from SE at all. Making another import from Writing SE seems likely to bury that content, which seems to me like absolutely the wrong thing to do when we're trying to get people to come here. We should be giving people a reason to come *here* specifically, and I don't see how the way to do that would be to import content from elsewhere.
- I'm honestly inclined to agree that what Writing Codidact needs [isn't really another data import](https://writing.codidact.com/a/74997/75001). It's to **get actual people to come here, read, contribute, and remain.**
- People who have posted on Writing SE are by no means legally prevented from posting that same content here, since it's still their content and SE only has a *license* to use it (for a wide variety of purposes, including redistributing it under a CC license). The SE terms of service clearly acknowledge this. Edits can be slightly trickier, but certainly the initial revision could be copied verbatim if the person who posted it wants to do so, and we can then tweak it here.
- Also, there's a small amount of original content here that wasn't imported from SE at all. Making another import from Writing SE seems likely to bury that content, which seems to me like absolutely the wrong thing to do when we're trying to get people to come here. We should be giving people a reason to come *here* specifically, and I don't see how the way to do that would be to import more content from elsewhere.
#1: Initial revision
by
Canina
·
2020-05-20T13:05:04Z (over 4 years ago)
I'm honestly inclined to agree that what Writing Codidact needs [isn't really another data import](https://writing.codidact.com/a/74997/75001). It's to **get actual people to come here, read, contribute, and remain.** People who have posted on Writing SE are by no means legally prevented from posting that same content here, since it's still their content and SE only has a *license* to use it (for a wide variety of purposes, including redistributing it under a CC license). The SE terms of service clearly acknowledge this. Edits can be slightly trickier, but certainly the initial revision could be copied verbatim if the person who posted it wants to do so, and we can then tweak it here. Also, there's a small amount of original content here that wasn't imported from SE at all. Making another import from Writing SE seems likely to bury that content, which seems to me like absolutely the wrong thing to do when we're trying to get people to come here. We should be giving people a reason to come *here* specifically, and I don't see how the way to do that would be to import content from elsewhere.