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I don't like this proposal, but I would love a bot that automatically comments with a link to this Wikipedia page anytime something from one of these sites gets posted here
I really would be fine with the proposal. I see no reason why a site like the Epoch Times should be allowed here when their articles are just blatant propaganda and usually also false.
Because when some false and propagandizing crap from the Epoch Times starts blowing up on telegram or twitter or facebook or wherever I'd like to be able to come to this community and find a comment pointing out the lies and bullshit (ideally with links to sources) that I can up vote here and copy and paste to where it's needed
I don't think this is about commenting. It's about posting.
I don't think anyone is suggesting barring them from comments within posts, are they?
I should re-phrase - I'd like to be able to scroll through this community's posts sorted by controversial or new, find a downvoted to hell (as it should be) Epoch Times article that's getting positive traction on other sites (or even other Lemmy instances), and find within the comments on that post one pointing out why the article/source is bullshit that I can copy and paste elsewhere. Searching through comments is a pain on my preferred mobile app (idk about the desktop web interface, but I can't imagine it's a lot better), and it would be just about impossible to know which post's comments would have the comment saying "oh, btw the Epoch Times is out with some fresh nonsense this morning, they're claiming x y and z, but in reality a b and c".