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…
Too long, doesn’t work right in most apps, makes me think someone commented on the article while there’s only this bot’s post.
That last part is the biggest annoyance for me. Gives me false hope a conversation has started
Same
It bothers me too, but often I’ll see the bot at -5 and there’s still no comments. So I guess most of us just come in, see just the bot, and don’t actually have anything to say and don’t want to comment first, lol