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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.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (4 children)

Rule 1 Ban Count: 5

Not a good look, mods.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (34 children)

No one wants this bot. In the last thread asking for feedback there was an overwhelming majority that did not want it. You’re attached to it because you made it. People don’t want it. It happens. Stop it.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (4 children)

So if it's still showing up what does that mean?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Good riddance.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Don't grade sources on leftness or rightness. It's relative. Aggregation doesn't fix the problem of Overton shift.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (8 children)

Why do you insist on fixing the bot instead of directing your energy elsewhere? Fixing the media bias bot to not have any bias is a fool's errand.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (9 children)

Keep it gone. MBFC and others are not a source of truth.

Adding multiple sources of bias does not produce an unbiased result.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

2nd. It's just not necessary. Frankly what's more off putting is the outright bizarre insistence on the mods part and outright denial of feedback. If the bot comes back I'm blocking the community, there are other streams for news.

Edit: didn't realize the "new and improved" bot is back. Good luck yall.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Wouldn't it be easier to just block the bot?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

If everyone who doesn't like the bot blocks it, people entering the community will see the bot upvoted. That will mean they assume the general consensus is that the bot is trustworthy and accurate.

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