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For Firefox users, there is media bias / propaganda / fact check plugin.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/media-bias-fact-check/
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.
Why is it admin level? Are there admins that tell you what you can and can't do with the politics community, in this case? Or does the politics moderation team have the ability to ditch the bot if they decide to?
This is such a strange situation. If you're stuck in that former position, though, it would make a lot of your responses in this comments section make a whole lot more sense.
The Admins run lemmy.world, we serve at their pleasure.
Sure, I could ban it, then likely get removed and have the bot re-instated, and what good would that do anyone?
https://lemmy.world/comment/12834553
Rooki is happy to remove it. Ball's in your court.
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Hello @[email protected],
Is there any update on this? Rooki is ok with the community mods removing the bot, so this seems to be more of a mods community decision rather than one made by the admins?
Coming here randomly, interesting exchange
Hey,
Would you or @[email protected] want to document this to [email protected] ?
It would do a lot of good to everyone. This is the exact same problem that was on reddit during the "boycotts" - moderators afraid of losing power over people, rolling over when a corporation came knocking. Right here it's instance admins instead. You volunteer your time to do moderation and let them dictate you implement an unpopular change - introducing a biased bot. People don't like the bot - it constantly is being downvoted, commented about.
The world would be an entirely different place if people had the spine to do what's right, not only what's convenient. Reddit would be burnt to a crisp with no moderators if that were the case. So much for an independent platform where people's voice matters.
If the admins need to micro-manage the communities on their instance, let them moderate them.
But that would be require him to give up his small made up powers that make him feel big