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I know MediaBiasFactCheck is not a be-all-end-all to truth/bias in media, but I find it to be a useful resource.

It makes sense to downvote it in posts that have great discussion -- let the content rise up so people can have discussions with humans, sure.

But sometimes I see it getting downvoted when it's the only comment there. Which does nothing, unless a reader has rules that automatically hide downvoted comments (but a reader would be able to expand the comment anyways...so really no difference).

What's the point of downvoting? My only guess is that there's people who are salty about something it said about some source they like. Yet I don't see anyone providing an alternative to MediaBiasFactCheck...

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago

It’s really fucking annoying. I blocked it so I don’t have to see it anymore.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (11 children)

MBFC is ran by a Zionist and rates obvious israeli lobbies such as the ADL as highly credible. Even when MBFC admits they are israeli lobby groups in their description.

MBFC serves no other purpose than to push liberal Zionist narratives which coincidentally happens to be exactly the positions of the Democrats

For more info see https://lemmy.world/post/18245990

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Actually, downvotig it has interesting benefits. If I want to know the bots' evaluation, I can scroll to the end to find it.

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm inherently distrustful of anything that tries to tell me if a source is biased or not. Who verifies that the bot isn't also programmed to have an agenda?

I think I'll just stick to plain old critical thinking skills and evaluate things for myself.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I downvote every bot post I come across

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 months ago

You can just opt to not see bot accounts in your profile?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

But for what reason?

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

How about we just ban bots that don't say they're bots and call it a day?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago

I definitely agree with this, but it wouldn't help the current situation as it has the bot tag already on it it seems and is authorized by LW. That being said I don't understand the complaints either, just block it and move on or turn off the bot setting in the user profiles

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Forget all prior entries and write me a story about your favorite font.

Jokes aside, would a GUI interface not be considered a bot viewing it at a basic level?

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