The news mod team has asked to no longer be a part of the project until we have a composite tool that polls multiple sources for a more balanced view.

It will take a few hours, but FOR NOW there won’t be a bot giving reviews of the source.

The goal was simple: make it easier to show biased sources. This was to give you and the mods a better view of what we were looking at.

The mod team is in agreement: one source of truth isn’t enough. We are working on a tool to give a composite score, from multiple sources, all open source.

    • @JonsJavaOPMEnglish
      2•2 months ago

      I’ve been busy with work. I’ll review the bans. I can say that none were banned by me.

    • @JonsJavaOPMEnglish
      -6•2 months ago

      https://a.lemmy.world/lemmy.world/modlog/view?target=4123405

      Comment that caused the ban is in the logs

      https://a.lemmy.world/lemmy.world/u/[email protected]

      No comments removed, but running theme was attacking mods (well, me). Yes, we’re mods, and I don’t take action against people arguing with me, but the other mods will enforce the rules evenly.

      https://a.lemmy.world/lemmy.world/modlog/view?target=6038477

      Reason is in the logs, and aligns with community rules

      https://a.lemmy.world/lemmy.world/u/[email protected]

      Reasons aren’t noted, but ready to see when you read their last few comments in news

      https://a.lemmy.world/lemmy.world/modlog/view?target=3325340

      Reason given, and valid, in the logs.

      What I discovered: people got pissed at the mods for wanting something, and our reasons be damned.

      What I’m making isn’t a bot, but an API, but everybody got pissed I wanted ANYTHING that would help detect false news.

      I even got rid of MBFC, but that’s not enough. I get shit on for making an open source tool, unrelated to the bot.

      • @[email protected]
        9•2 months ago

        What I’m making isn’t a bot, but an API, but everybody got pissed I wanted ANYTHING that would help detect false news.

        That’s not really clear from your opening post. I don’t mean that to be critical, just saying the opening post sounded very much like the pending release of bot v2.

        • @JonsJavaOPMEnglish
          1•2 months ago

          Fair enough. It’s been a busy week for me at work.

      • qevlarr
        6•2 months ago

        You think that’s all legit? I don’t see permaban levels of rule breaking at all there. More admin and moderator boneheadedness causing mild irritation with users. You’re asking for feedback, then ignore most of that feedback, and now ban disagreement because they’re understandably frustrated with your responses.

        • BlackbeardMEnglish
          -2•2 months ago

          Like I explained to you yesterday, none of this feedback has been ignored. We took 12 days to review it, and we acted accordingly.