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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    What point does a “bias” bot serve if it can be incorrect? And if it can be incorrect then why should we trust it at all?

    You may as well write a bot that posts “remember, don’t trust everything you read online and use critical thinking when you’re doing your own research” to every post.

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      Honestly, the bias piece was never the important piece for us. It was the credibility piece.

      Just trying to give some insight into why we used it in this community.

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        2 months ago

        Then you understand the negative reactions. Especially regarding controversial topics such as Gaza where the bot preferred sources on one side to the conflict

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      The question is how much is it incorrect? Because the bot isn’t AI or anything. MBFC’s database is used in research and has been compared with other independent sources and deemed reputable enough.

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            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.

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              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?