God that fucking bot.
The bot itself is only mildly offensive, but the fieflord bot-love is just repugnant.
About a month ago news did a “feedback about the bot” thing, in which they declared undying love for the bot above all things and declared any input other than breathless support for the bot to be vote manipulated misinformation.
There were about 3 mods involved, all contradicting each other, and themselves, very condescending, and very sooky and sulky. “One of the mods almost resigned over this!” kind of stuff.
You had to start every comment with “look I know you guys are doing your best and investing all your free time as volunteers but…”
Invertedouroboros@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
To be fair, considering the right wing hellscape our (US) Overton window overlooks the bias bot might actually have a point.
Maggoty@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Oh no. Just no. We’ve found more than enough cases of bias to call it unreliable at best and a cover for washing conservative sources at the worst.
JustZ@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
What is this the third time I’ve agreed with you on something? See, common ground.
freeman@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
The bot posts in world news which allows non us news.
It not trying to criticize the right wing bias of political discourse it’s trying to normalize it and apply it to non US issues and media.
Invertedouroboros@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I was simply telling a joke, but point well taken.
Madison420@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
The bot is bad and jonsjava is a real piece of shit just by themself.