No comments or anything, just lots of Downvotes.

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Any bot that doesn’t actually use lemmy’s “I’m a bot” protocol (so I can hide it completely) gets downvoted. It’s the only thing I even bother downvoting on Lemmy.

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the bot has been marked as bot since the very beginning and is also clearly marked as bot in the screenshot, so your comment does not apply here.

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I see you’ve replied this a few times now. Can you please complete this test for me?

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5 points

I like how you sent a screenshot of a failed attempt

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37 points

Two reasons: It’s a spammy bot, and it has a right-wing bias

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18 points

Oh no, now we need a Media Bias Checker Bot Bias Checker

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38 points

I really like the idea of the bot.

If the source was independent; and could be trusted. It would be a great tool; the display could be a lot better but the idea is sound.

As others have pointed out, the source is a black box that may or may not be biased itself.

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52 points

I’m mostly in favor of leaving the comment-clogging bots back on reddit where they can all talk to each other without me.

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Not sure if this is the same on every instance, but on my profile there’s an option for “show bot accounts”

Just uncheck that bad boy and self-identified bot accounts don’t even show up.

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21 points

It’s a standard lemmy feature, yes.

… that this bot doesn’t respect.

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the bot has been marked as bot since the very beginning and is also clearly marked as bot in the screenshot as @blackn1ght@feddit.uk already mentioned.

i also just checked on db0 in case there was some federation issue that would have the account not be marked as bot over there and it’s also clearly marked as bot when viewed on db0.

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It shows a B in the screenshot and a bot icon on my client next to the username that says it’s a bot so I assume it must be identifying itself as a bot.

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If you need a bot to tell you a source is or isn’t biased, then you shouldn’t be reading the news in the first place.

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This comment seems rather ableist.

The Media Bias Fact Checker bot helps people who have autism understand biased language which may not be readily apparent without an outside source warning us about the biases.

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The problem is that the intentions of the bot author aren’t fair and unbiased. They purposely label sites and articles that tilt in favor of their zionist opinions as reliable and trustworthy without regard to the reality of whether they are or are not.

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Then it should at least be accurate.

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