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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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[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 11 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] viking@infosec.pub 0 points 3 hours ago

I like the bot, and I also hate amp links and url forwarders that can literally take you anywhere but where it's supposed to.

Good rule. Thanks for working for it.

Mostly aggregators make it more of a pain for humans trying to read and find out the source.

[–] nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 15 hours 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?

[–] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 4 points 11 hours ago

Drag thinks the bot smells.

[–] hamid@sh.itjust.works 81 points 1 day ago (3 children)

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.

[–] sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today 18 points 22 hours ago

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

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 42 points 1 day ago (3 children)

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.

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[–] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago (40 children)

Your bot is bad and you should feel bad

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