I like the bots, don't ban them, let people block them if they don't like them.
this post was submitted on 28 Aug 2024
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Most bots are like ads.
Everyone can install an ad-blocker. But it would be better if that collective effort was not needed.
there should be a simple little checkbox in your settings if you don't want to see bots.
It kinda reads like you are saying 'Someone should create this' when you really mean 'It is there if you look'.
fair point, that was a bit of an ambiguous wording. thank you for clarifying for folks!
Thats the ideal solution.
Then go ahead and uncheck it.
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I turned off bot accounts because there was (maybe still is but idk) so many Reddit bots just posting links, which wouldn’t be bad but there was 0 comments consistently so they felt more like spam to me
Edit: this was back during the Reddit exodus when I made my lemmy account
i found there to just be a few prolific reddit repost bots, so i just blocked them individually. i actually personally appreciate bots like that mbfc bot though.
edit: fixed a typo
IDK why people didn't just block mbfc instead of down voting it every time it shows up
They don't want the community to develop a trust for what very well could be a disinformation bot.
I'm actually kind of OK with that b/c it pushes it to the bottom of the comments, so it's out of the way but still easy to find if i'm curious.
Yeah some people, like OP, will post some blog and call it credible journalism. Abs maybe it is, but how the hell would I know?
Yeah some people, like OP, will post some blog and call it credible journalism. Abs maybe it is, but how the hell would I know?
By developing your own media literacy and attempting to verify facts in the things you read by using other sources. Better to evaluate news sources yourself than relying on a biased bot.
Lol, sure bro.
Actually, in your specific case you're probably right, it's probably better if you don't put any more strain on an unsound framework.
Aw, he thinks his opinion matters
Would you waste your time replying if it didnt?
They probably feel like they are taking a stance every time. Lol
Admins: we want some feedback from the community about the media fact check bot.
Everyone: we hate it, turn it off.
Admins: ok, we heard you, we're going to keep it on.
I don't really downvote the bot too often, but YouTubers I watch have made me lump ground news in with nordvpn, raycons, hellofresh, factor, fuum, betterhelp, and the whole lot of influencer companies who probably have customer acquisition costs of $60+ and seem to survive, despite usually turning out to be junk. Anything advertised that way becomes garbage in my opinion.
Nordvpn is quite nice, if you don't want privacy, but different ip addresses in order to evade government surface level checks.
Anything else ytbers promote is most probably shit. The more advertising a product needs the worse it is.
This is why I present to you the todays sponsor: sponsor block. A plugin for your Firefox, it skips over the parts where Youtubers fart out the paid script.
I don't mind Ground news, though I don't pay for it and use it mostly as a news headline aggregator.
Wait, what's wrong with the bot?
I come to Lemmy to interact with people, not bots. They spam unwanted comments on literally every post for stuff that should be in a browser extension instead of forced down everyone's instance.
You can just set it so in the settings that you don't see bot accounts
You can block the bot(s) if you'd like.
I don't see any bots.
That site seems heavily right biased and not very factual. What's your point?
What is the diffe between "factual reporting" and "credibility rating"?
Yeah because they don't make stuff up. They just have a huge bias.
Except they literally make up false allegations about UNRWA and the UN.
So you got spam, then?
That was funny 👌 People downvoting cos they don't like the bot? Or don't like the criticism?
Downvotes are likely because people don't like Linkerbaan.
"NOOO the other team will genocide even harder so you can't criticize my team of paid for shills nooooo"
Oh, you are also a MAGA who wants the guy who blasted Yemen to get back in there and "finish the job" with Gaza before turning his attention to Ukraine.