We’ve had some trouble recently with posts from aggregator links like Google Amp, MSN, and Yahoo.
We’re now requiring links go to the OG source, and not a conduit.
In an example like this, it can give the wrong attribution to the MBFC bot, and can give a more or less reliable rating than the original source, but it also makes it harder to run down duplicates.
So anything not linked to the original source, but is stuck on Google Amp, MSN, Yahoo, etc. will be removed.
Can we please just get rid of the propaganda bot instead? It’s bad at what it claims to do, and does nothing to stem the flow of disinformation here.
If you really want users to think about their sources, then you should have a dedicated source discussion thread for every post.
The bot actively and objectively makes Lemmy a worse platform. I’ve personally stopped recommending Lemmy to friends, and the bot is the top reason. (The other reason is the power users who astroturf the various news communities with their pet issues. Hopefully that will change after the election.)
A dedicated source discussion thread for every post would have to be automated and, ideally, link to a source that checks the bias and credibility of the source…
You just suggested what we’re already doing…
People can link their own sources. There could be a dedicated community to keep track. Literally anything is better than the half-assed bot telling everyone what to think.
For a second I thought you were talking about our favorite high-traffic poster, who is now queue flooding 15 articles a day.
Which one? There’s a bunch of them. Although I suspect that a lot of them are the same people using alt accounts.
So the reason you don’t recommend Lemmy is a bot that you can block if you don’t like it? That seems a little much, IMO
Yes.
I guess I’m confused. Why don’t you just block it? What offends you about it so much that you not only don’t want to see it, you don’t want anyone else to see it?
Fuck me for caring about this platform, right?
So you seem really angry about something and I was literally just asking for clarification on why you felt the way you did. Sorry for taking an interest