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The news mod team has asked to no longer be a part of the project until we have a composite tool that polls multiple sources for a more balanced view.

It will take a few hours, but FOR NOW there won't be a bot giving reviews of the source.

The goal was simple: make it easier to show biased sources. This was to give you and the mods a better view of what we were looking at.

The mod team is in agreement: one source of truth isn't enough. We are working on a tool to give a composite score, from multiple sources, all open source.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] Lemminary 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

our results suggest that there is substantial agreement across different sources of domain quality ratings, and that aggregated domain ratings provide a useful tool for advancing misinformation research.

https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/2/9/pgad286/7258994

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Your source:

Domain ratings may not be as accurate as fact-checking individual pieces of content

You know -- like a stupid bot writing useless bullshit.

[–] Lemminary 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

but they offer a convenient tool for evaluating the efficacy of antimisinformation interventions

Also my source. You know, when used like a person with more than two brain cells would. Instead of nit-picking at the bot, why don't we look at the bigger picture for the value it provides?