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.

  • hamid@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    658·
    5 months ago

    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.

    • TheTechnician27@lemmy.worldEnglish
      322·
      5 months ago

      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.

  • njm1314@lemmy.worldEnglish
    132·
    5 months ago

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

    • jordanlund@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
      85·
      5 months ago

      You can use an archive link to get around a paywall, that’s always been allowed.

  • nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    124·
    5 months 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?

  • Wren@lemmy.worldEnglish
    63·
    5 months ago

    Why does everyone have such an issue with something that is so easily ignored? I honestly don’t understand all the outrage over this.

    • jordanlund@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
      34·
      5 months ago

      You and me both! They did have a point when the bot had a donation nag on it, the bot creator heard that complaint and removed it.