Why are people downvoting the MediaBiasFactChecker bot?
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...
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It's like a guy showing up in every thread to say 'this source is left-wing and/or unreliable!'. He's right, of course, but as a general rule people are either blind to their own bias, or trying to influence others without it being noticed.
I think it's nice to have, since it's a consistent source. It'll give the same answer every time, and probably won't start as many fights, lol
We added the bot BECAUSE there are those guys that DO that. And to have a third opinion doesnt do any harm.
So because spammers exist you created an eveng greater spammer?
What does "third opinion" mean? That its supposedly "neutral" or "unbiased"?
Agreed, it was a good move