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I've seen around 3 occasions of that this week, altho I have never seen anything like it before.

if I remember correctly they were:

  • smack talking a mod (FlyingSquid) for saying not to report the same comment twice, when they were different comments, and the report was spam
  • someone comparing .world with .ml in politics (as in there was a comment saying "this post will be overrun with .ml people, and then a comment going "but you are from .world") (Maybe Im part of the problem? I have been called out for being a fascist because I questioned the "puching nazis" theme)
  • one more which I can't remember.

Anyways, what is all that about? Are people really starting to hate on 50% of the lemmy population because of their instance?

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[–] [email protected] 93 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Its an incredibly pro US biased instance despite not being hosted in the US and having a .world domain.

Greatest hits are [email protected] forbidding non-US topics and of course [email protected] and its bias check bot according to which every non US media is left wing biased.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 months ago

God that fucking bot.

The bot itself is only mildly offensive, but the fieflord bot-love is just repugnant.

About a month ago news did a "feedback about the bot" thing, in which they declared undying love for the bot above all things and declared any input other than breathless support for the bot to be vote manipulated misinformation.

There were about 3 mods involved, all contradicting each other, and themselves, very condescending, and very sooky and sulky. "One of the mods almost resigned over this!" kind of stuff.

You had to start every comment with "look I know you guys are doing your best and investing all your free time as volunteers but..."

[–] Invertedouroboros 18 points 2 months ago (3 children)

To be fair, considering the right wing hellscape our (US) Overton window overlooks the bias bot might actually have a point.

[–] Maggoty 41 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oh no. Just no. We've found more than enough cases of bias to call it unreliable at best and a cover for washing conservative sources at the worst.

[–] JustZ 0 points 2 months ago

What is this the third time I've agreed with you on something? See, common ground.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The bot posts in world news which allows non us news.

It not trying to criticize the right wing bias of political discourse it's trying to normalize it and apply it to non US issues and media.

[–] Invertedouroboros 6 points 2 months ago

I was simply telling a joke, but point well taken.

[–] Madison420 10 points 2 months ago

The bot is bad and jonsjava is a real piece of shit just by themself.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Both should be blocked... It is DNC komissars run them subs