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New rule on Aggregators/Forwarders: (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by jordanlund@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

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We've had some trouble recently with posts from aggregator links like Google Amp, MSN, and Yahoo.

We're now requiring links go to the OG source, and not a conduit.

In an example like this, it can give the wrong attribution to the MBFC bot, and can give a more or less reliable rating than the original source, but it also makes it harder to run down duplicates.

So anything not linked to the original source, but is stuck on Google Amp, MSN, Yahoo, etc. will be removed.

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[-] hamid@sh.itjust.works 86 points 1 month ago

Haha, wow you guys really need to work on your PR

There are so many good reasons to block aggregators and you picked the worst one, your bot that no one likes.

[-] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 47 points 1 month ago

Yeah, seriously, aggregators are annoying as fuck, they're link rot waiting to happen, it's impossible to tell the quality of the source from the URL...

And the problem is of course the MBFC bot. It's a change for good, but this is what we're going with? They chose the one line that would get them backlash for an objective improvement.

[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

MSN is cancerous and was barely usable the last few times I've been bamboozled into going there. Yahoo is the same, just easier to avoid. I honestly haven't run into the Google one.

They literally add nothing to the internet as far as I can tell.

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[-] sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today 19 points 1 month ago

Is that the bot that says how reliable a source is? I blocked that one like a day after they started using it

[-] FrostyTrichs@walledgarden.xyz 17 points 1 month ago

[-] mitexleo@buddyverse.one 36 points 1 month ago

The bot that everyone (inc. me ) hates?

[-] PlantJam@lemmy.world 39 points 1 month ago

The bot serves a very important purpose. It teaches users about the block function. I really tried to tolerate it, but it's just like those pinned automod comments on reddit.

[-] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 26 points 1 month ago

Just hate that it adds to the comment count

[-] slartibartfast@lemm.ee 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

“Oooh what thoughtful discussion has taken place on this interesting news article”

“Oh it’s the bot”

That bot is the main reason I’m mostly getting my news from !world@quokk.au instead now.

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[-] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 35 points 1 month ago

Really? That's your compelling argument?

It's to difficult for your bot, that's universally hated in this community, to work with?

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[-] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 30 points 1 month ago

Your bot is bad and you should feel bad

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[-] dumbass@leminal.space 24 points 1 month ago

I blocked that shitty bot ages ago.

Your bot sucks and you should feel bad.

[-] nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 month ago

Tell me, whos paying so that the admins continue to use the bot against all feedback? There's nothing short of money that makes people stick to hated ideas more. Is this how y'all try to secure server contributions?

[-] njm1314@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

Oh no, we wouldn't want to inconvenience the mbfc bot that that literally everyone hates and wants gone. That would be awful.

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[-] breakfastmtn@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 month ago

Solid rule. 9/10. One point deduction for making me look at Tom Cotton.

[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 13 points 1 month ago

What if the Yahoo article is because the original is paywalled?

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