Comment on Why are people downvoting the MediaBiasFactChecker not?
just2look@lemm.ee 1 month agoThey cover what they consider left and right. This way you can judge whether it aligns with what you believe. And it allows you to interpret their results even if they don’t follow the same spectrum you do.
And if you know of a way to discuss political spectrum without subjectivity I would love to hear it. Even if you don’t use a 2d spectrum, it’s still subjective. Just subjective with additional criteria.
protist@mander.xyz 1 month ago
Of course that doesn’t exist, my point is why does this specific subjective opinion get promoted on here?
just2look@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Why does any opinion get promoted on here? Because somebody posted it. And then there is a voting system and comments for people to express their agreement or disagreement.
I honestly don’t care either way if the bot exists. I just think it’s silly that people are claiming that MBFC is terrible based on basically nothing. You can disagree with how they define left vs right, or what their ratings are, but they are pretty transparent about how their system works. And no one has given any example of how it could be done better.
superkret@feddit.org 1 month ago
It shouldn’t be done on Lemmy at all, which is why I downvote the not every time I see it.
tyler@programming.dev 1 month ago
Also if you actually read and understand their system, then even if you dont agree with it, you can recalibrate the ratings based on what you know their system works like.