I feel your pain. Some readers, like mine (Boost) don’t handle the spoiler tag markup correctly and it ends up bigger than designed.

The Admins removed it there.

That actually is partially listed on the MBFC site, but you have to follow the link through from the bot to see it:

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/the-guardian/

"Funded by / Ownership

The Guardian and its sister publication, the Sunday newspaper The Observer, are owned by Guardian Media Group plc (GMG). Scott Trust Limited was created in 1936 to ensure the editorial independence of the publications and owns Guardian Media Group plc (GMG). The Guardian states that “The Scott Trust is the sole shareholder in Guardian Media Group, and its profits are reinvested in journalism and do not benefit a proprietor or shareholders.” Donations and advertising fund the Guardian.

The Guardian switched to a tabloid print format in 2018 to cut costs. According to The New York Times, The Guardian “refused to set up a paywall — the preferred strategy of many of its rivals, from The Times of London to The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times — opting instead to ask its readers for donations, even setting up a nonprofit arm to help fund its journalism.”"

When the question is “how do we improve it?” the answer “get rid of it” is not a genuine suggestion.

The GOOD news is, we DO have a genuinely good suggestion here and the bot creator will be reaching out.

You and me both! They did have a point when the bot had a donation nag on it, the bot creator heard that complaint and removed it.

I can’t, it’s Admin level.

I can’t ignore suggestions nobody is making. Have a better service in mind? Feel free to present it.

We looked at AllSides, which is good for bias, but has no scoring for credibility.

Not seeing any suggestions there to improve the bot, but lots of bannable attacks on other users, mods and admins.

So I’ll say it again, as I’ve told other people complaining, I’m open to making the bot better. If you have suggestions, I’d love to hear them.

1. It has to be automated, which means accessible through an API.

2. It has to be no/low cost. Lemmy.World doesn’t have a budget for this. We met with an MBFC alternative, they wanted 6 figures. HARD no.

I’m open to making it better, do you have suggestions?

Archive links are allowed, and, in fact, if you submit a link from the web interface, it offers to generate an archive link for you.

I specifically clarified that with the Admins when they asked us to crack down on copy pasting full articles.

You can use an archive link to get around a paywall, that’s always been allowed.

The bot is instituted by the Admins and with good reason.

But yes, this has been the problem that pops up recently. The bot sees “Oh, MSN, they’re reliable…” but the OG source is not.

People PLAN to have kids? ;)

Removed, advocating violence and self harm.

Fox News is not a valid source.

Breitbart is not a valid source.

Breitbart definitely doesn’t meet our standards, if you see a Breitbart link, report it.

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Ripley

“Well, you see son, the perpetrators of that genocide were the victims of the largest genocide of the 20th Century, so nobody felt comfortable doing or saying anything.”