I know MediaBiasFactCheck is not a be-all-end-all to truth/bias in media, but I find it to be a useful resource.

It makes sense to downvote it in posts that have great discussion – let the content rise up so people can have discussions with humans, sure.

But sometimes I see it getting downvoted when it’s the only comment there. Which does nothing, unless a reader has rules that automatically hide downvoted comments (but a reader would be able to expand the comment anyways…so really no difference).

What’s the point of downvoting? My only guess is that there’s people who are salty about something it said about some source they like. Yet I don’t see anyone providing an alternative to MediaBiasFactCheck…

    • imPastaSyndrome@lemm.ee
      173·
      1 month ago

      I don’t think that’s what they’re saying at all, but I’d say if you think the bot’s source is then I don’t know what to tell you

    • Rottcodd@lemmy.world
      147·
      1 month ago

      Of course I’m not “immune” - nobody and nothing is perfect.

      But I pay attention and weigh and analyze and review and question, which beats the shit out of slavishly believing whatever I read.

        • Rottcodd@lemmy.world
          98·
          1 month ago

          The only competition here is between relying on ones own judgment vs. relying on a third party.

            • Rottcodd@lemmy.world
              85·
              1 month ago

              I didn’t say it was a competition or anything remotely like that. Please show me where I did if you believe otherwise.

              Okay

              So you have a very high opinion of your own discretion but assume everyone else is trash or what?

              Where would you put yourself as a percentile?

              Right there. Obviously. In fact, that’s the exact point of a percentile - it’s a ranking system, which is to say, a competition.

              So are you going to answer or not?

              No.

                • Rottcodd@lemmy.world
                  41·
                  1 month ago

                  If you’re not going to answer then I’ll just default to the obvious: you think you’re special and that everyone else is an idiot/sheeple/etc.

                  Right - you’ll just assume that I see it as some sort of competition that I’m winning.