Organizations linked to Bill Ackman, Larry Ellison, and Sean Combs (a.k.a. Diddy) were mentioned in the filing.
  • ayyy
    127·
    2 months ago

    Yet another error message with upvotes. Obvious astroturfing and manufactured consent.

    • PennomiEnglish
      110·
      2 months ago

      All other issues aside… if it fails, why does it bother to post at all?

      • gedaliyahM
        124·
        2 months ago

        Not sure if it’s a rhetorical question, but I’ll answer anyway.

        That’s often when it is most useful. It alerts people that it may be an unknown, new, or fringe source. You don’t see them often because the bot helps people report remove them quickly.

        • PennomiEnglish
          90·
          2 months ago2 months ago

          Yes, but it would be better to note the domain age, the estimated hit count, and/or inbound link quantity instead of an error message.

          That would help people notice the difference between Yahoo.com and MyConservativeBlog.com

          • gedaliyahM
            81·
            2 months ago

            Thanks, I’ve shared this with the mod team

            • PennomiEnglish
              40·
              2 months ago2 months ago

              Thanks! Basically the term you’re looking for is related to “domain authority”, and there are several metrics that go into calculating it.

      • ayyy
        81·
        2 months ago2 months ago

        Because one of the mods programmed the bot and is really proud of their accomplishment. Their ego has blinded them to the problems they are causing.

        I agree that it’s good to be proud of your programming accomplishments. I also think it’s really fucked to abuse positions of power and ignore community input.

        Here’s the thread discussing the issue.

        • fine_sandy_bottom
          20·
          2 months ago

          Do we know which of the mods is involved? Obivously someone is but in that linked thread one of the mods claims that none of the mods are involved.