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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.

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[-] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 7 points 1 day ago

I've got to wonder why you guys are so insistent on the bot? Personally I just ignore it but the amount of noise it generates for you as mods cannot be worth the tiny amount of value it brings to a handful of users.

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago

It generates a lot of noise in a thread like this, but it'a largely ignored in practical use.

[-] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 22 hours ago

If it's usually ignored isn't that a sign to remove it because it provides no value?

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago

It's definitely as value, it provides clear markers for other users before mods can intervene.

[-] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 20 hours ago

It generates a lot of noise in a thread like this, but it'a largely ignored in practical use.

provides clear markers for other users before mods can intervene.

As others have said, work on PR

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