New rule on Aggregators/Forwarders:
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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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this post was submitted on 10 Oct 2024
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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.
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.
MSN is cancerous and was barely usable the last few times I've been bamboozled into going there. Yahoo is the same, just easier to avoid. I honestly haven't run into the Google one.
They literally add nothing to the internet as far as I can tell.
MSN is one of the biggest piece of shit middlemen I've seen on the Internet. Good riddance, and to be absolutely clear, I'm glad the mods are doing this.
Glad just also wish it was for reasons other than the shit bot can't handle it.
Ffs just say it's because they're terrible and take away from the actual source not our shit bot has issues finding the actual source
Is that the bot that says how reliable a source is? I blocked that one like a day after they started using it