this post was submitted on 28 Aug 2024
194 points (82.3% liked)

memes

15795 readers
3567 users here now

Community rules

1. Be civilNo trolling, bigotry or other insulting / annoying behaviour

2. No politicsThis is non-politics community. For political memes please go to !politicalmemes@lemmy.world

3. No recent repostsCheck for reposts when posting a meme, you can only repost after 1 month

4. No botsNo bots without the express approval of the mods or the admins

5. No Spam/AdsNo advertisements or spam. This is an instance rule and the only way to live.

A collection of some classic Lemmy memes for your enjoyment

Sister communities

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 
all 40 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] Voyajer@lemmy.world 23 points 10 months ago (3 children)

IDK why people didn't just block mbfc instead of down voting it every time it shows up

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 61 points 10 months ago

They don't want the community to develop a trust for what very well could be a disinformation bot.

[–] deo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I'm actually kind of OK with that b/c it pushes it to the bottom of the comments, so it's out of the way but still easy to find if i'm curious.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social -3 points 10 months ago

Yeah some people, like OP, will post some blog and call it credible journalism. Abs maybe it is, but how the hell would I know?

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social -5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah some people, like OP, will post some blog and call it credible journalism. Abs maybe it is, but how the hell would I know?

[–] Glytch@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

By developing your own media literacy and attempting to verify facts in the things you read by using other sources. Better to evaluate news sources yourself than relying on a biased bot.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social -2 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] Glytch@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Actually, in your specific case you're probably right, it's probably better if you don't put any more strain on an unsound framework.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social -2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Aw, he thinks his opinion matters

[–] Glytch@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Would you waste your time replying if it didnt?

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago

They probably feel like they are taking a stance every time. Lol

[–] muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 22 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I like the bots, don't ban them, let people block them if they don't like them.

[–] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 25 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Most bots are like ads.

Everyone can install an ad-blocker. But it would be better if that collective effort was not needed.

[–] juliebean@lemm.ee 14 points 10 months ago (2 children)

there should be a simple little checkbox in your settings if you don't want to see bots.

[–] davidgro@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It kinda reads like you are saying 'Someone should create this' when you really mean 'It is there if you look'.

[–] juliebean@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

fair point, that was a bit of an ambiguous wording. thank you for clarifying for folks!

[–] muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] davidgro@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Then go ahead and uncheck it.

1000016182

(Lemmy Web UI, including in mobile mode)

[–] FlihpFlorp@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I turned off bot accounts because there was (maybe still is but idk) so many Reddit bots just posting links, which wouldn’t be bad but there was 0 comments consistently so they felt more like spam to me

Edit: this was back during the Reddit exodus when I made my lemmy account

[–] juliebean@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

i found there to just be a few prolific reddit repost bots, so i just blocked them individually. i actually personally appreciate bots like that mbfc bot though.

edit: fixed a typo

[–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 17 points 10 months ago

Admins: we want some feedback from the community about the media fact check bot.

Everyone: we hate it, turn it off.

Admins: ok, we heard you, we're going to keep it on.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 16 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Wait, what's wrong with the bot?

[–] baggins@lemmy.ca 33 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I come to Lemmy to interact with people, not bots. They spam unwanted comments on literally every post for stuff that should be in a browser extension instead of forced down everyone's instance.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 7 points 10 months ago

You can just set it so in the settings that you don't see bot accounts

[–] JowlesMcGee@fedia.io 3 points 10 months ago

You can block the bot(s) if you'd like.

[–] hate2bme@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago

I don't see any bots.

[–] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world -5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)
[–] GetOffMyLan@programming.dev 18 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That site seems heavily right biased and not very factual. What's your point?

[–] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 4 points 10 months ago

What is the diffe between "factual reporting" and "credibility rating"?

[–] GetOffMyLan@programming.dev -2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah because they don't make stuff up. They just have a huge bias.

[–] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

Except they literally make up false allegations about UNRWA and the UN.

[–] Serialchemist@ttrpg.network 11 points 10 months ago

So you got spam, then?

[–] nadram@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That was funny 👌 People downvoting cos they don't like the bot? Or don't like the criticism?

[–] barsquid@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Downvotes are likely because people don't like Linkerbaan.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

"NOOO the other team will genocide even harder so you can't criticize my team of paid for shills nooooo"

[–] barsquid@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Oh, you are also a MAGA who wants the guy who blasted Yemen to get back in there and "finish the job" with Gaza before turning his attention to Ukraine.