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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Scary_le_Poo@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

So, until recently, I have been using https://github.com/rimu/no-qanon/blob/master/hosts.txt

However, as some issues that I have opened have shown, there are a bunch of left wing and progressive sites on this list ( https://github.com/rimu/no-qanon/issues ). I no longer think that it is trustworthy. Especially after reading some of the repo owners replies. Intentionally added was t.me which is a generic url for any telegram group. Discordapp.com was on it at one point.

Oy Vey. It's clear to me that the owner of this repo is not actually spending much time actually curating this list and instead it's just a shotgun approach. Does anyone know of a good alternative?

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[-] kglitch@kglitch.social 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The issues you raised about those sites were fixed within two hours.

https://github.com/rimu/no-qanon/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aclosed

[-] Scary_le_Poo@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

Those were just the ones I found. There are likely many, many more. The sites I found are not even small publications either. Commondreams, rawstory, dailykos? Those are some very recognizable sites. if big ones like that slipped through, then that tells me that there is zero effort going into vetting the list.

[-] MasterBuilder@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago

Perhaps the curator is running a red herring with the intention or blocking liberal media?

[-] Scary_le_Poo@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

I highly doubt it tbh, but the thought did cross my mind.

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