I think Reddit did a better job than you give them credit for. The may not have achieved eutopia, but they outperform all others who've tried up until this point.

Lemmy has more promise than Reddit, IMO, for well moderated news aggregation because they've seen the reddit model and can replicate it without the bondage of Reddit administration.

The problem, as it seems to me currently, is that Lemmy, specifically in the news and politics realm, lacks moderation of any quality. And, that's not necessarily a shot at moderators either. They're either new to the roll or there aren't enough of them.

They also don't have the benefit of year of users bitching and shaping the rules that govern a community, as Reddit has had.

Kind of, yes? I've commented on it more than once here.

This is the point you're missing. Although, I guess I'm glad you've stuck around... For some reason...

A place where you have a variety of well vetted sources. A place where you don't have to wade through a sea of "Hunter Biden's laptop", "lizard men" and Infowarriors.

Does news have a slant? Yes. Am I well aware of that? Yes.

The difference is, there's no longer a "both sides". I'm not interested in what some qanon blogger thinks about the Senate. And, here on Lemmy, that goal is achievable. And, I would argue, close.

However, the problem here is that you have bad actors operating unchecked. That is a problem of an immature platform, not an inherent problem with news in general as you've spent a lot of time and words intimating to me.

So, as we bring this bad boy around full circle and I put this behind me; the question is, is there a place for reliable news and politics? The answer to that question is, apparently, not yet. But, I'll hold out hope that it happens because Lemmy is a promising platform that has a lot growing up to do.