I know MediaBiasFactCheck is not a be-all-end-all to truth/bias in media, but I find it to be a useful resource.

It makes sense to downvote it in posts that have great discussion – let the content rise up so people can have discussions with humans, sure.

But sometimes I see it getting downvoted when it’s the only comment there. Which does nothing, unless a reader has rules that automatically hide downvoted comments (but a reader would be able to expand the comment anyways…so really no difference).

What’s the point of downvoting? My only guess is that there’s people who are salty about something it said about some source they like. Yet I don’t see anyone providing an alternative to MediaBiasFactCheck…

  • Don_Dickle
    -35•1 month ago

    Fuck that…not getting on admins or anything but sites need to get rid of bots unless they pay the site. And also get rid of clickbait shit that I saw on reddit but not here yet.

    • Bob Robertson IX
      38•1 month ago

      So, because you don’t like bots, they shouldn’t be made available to others who appreciate them? Fuck that.

      The beauty of Lemmy is that you are in control of what you see, but that makes that you have to control it. Stop trying to dictate that I can’t have bots from instances that allow them.

    • Lemminary
      30•1 month ago

      There’s a setting you can toggle on the web UI. I hope it’s supported on mobile apps.

      • m-p{3}
        7•1 month ago

        Enabling that option will also have an effect on mobile apps.

    • m-p{3}
      20•1 month ago

      The bot is made by the instance admins themselves, so don’t expect the bot to go away.