It’s widely disliked.
I realize that mods for individual subs on different servers need to buy-in, that it’s not just a collective vote. The aim of asking here is the hope that we can get a discussion going and do a vibes check on the community at large.
I find it quite handy - it’s a bit excessive on nearly every post, but it does add context when I don’t recognise the news source, and it’s useful to see whether I really need to do some more digging on the article rather than should look for other views on a story.
It’s frustrating to see a comment or two on a post preview pane you’re interested in though and boom, it’s a bot rather than another user to engage with.
It would work really well as a plug in or tool, giving you inline information in the post itself.
It would work really well as a plug in or tool, giving you inline information in the post itself.
This would be amazing; along with options to select from several “bias checkers” would be nearly perfect.
I second your frustrations, but overall I think it’s good enough for now.
How does it check for bias? Because pink news isn’t left on trans issues. Yet it ranks as left with high credibility.
How does it check for bias?
So, left equals centrist I see.
Yeah I’m not a fan of it lol. Thanks though.