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underwire212 ,

In their defense, they only stated that they appreciated it…not that they’d listen.

velox_vulnus ,

What is the context?

marcos ,

In 2 days the OP managed to spam every instance with lots and lots of comments about how they think some press-credibility indicator is unfair.

pelespirit ,
@pelespirit@sh.itjust.works avatar

I love that bot because I can disagree with their assessment easily in a comment to it. The NYT is medium to low and they list it as high, not sure how that came up with high for them.

From my look at media publications:

🔺💲 New York Times

◾ Owned by The New York Times Company

It’s a publicly traded company with most of it being privately held, that owns a multitude of media types:

Since September 25, 1997, the company has been listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol NYT. From April 27, 1967, until January 13, 1969, the company’s Class A common stock traded over the counter. From January 14, 1969, until September 24, 1997, the shares were traded on the American Stock Exchange. There are 2 categories of stock, Class A (publicly traded) and Class B (held privately—largely (over 90% through The 1997 Trust) by the descendants of Adolph Ochs, who purchased The New York Times newspaper in 1896.

◾ CEO and publisher is A.G. Slzberger

A.G. Slzberger

Arthur Gregg “Dash” Sulzberger (born August 5, 1980) is an American journalist serving as the chairman of The New York Times Company and publisher of its flagship newspaper, The New York Times.

Sulzberger is a fourth-generation descendant of Adolph Ochs, who bought the New York Times in 1896. The Times has been managed and published by Adolph Ochs’s family since that date.

Sulzberger attended Ethical Culture Fieldston School and Brown University, graduating in 2003 with a major in political science. At Brown, Sulzberger worked briefly for The Brown Daily Herald as a contributing writer.

◾ Board of directors

As of February 2024:

  • A. G. Sulzberger, chairman of The New York Times Company and publisher of The New York Times
  • Amanpal S. Bhutani, CEO of GoDaddy
  • Manuel Bronstein, CPO of Roblox
  • Beth Brooke, former global vice chair of public policy for Ernst & Young
  • Rachel Glaser, CFO of Etsy
  • Arthur Golden, best-selling author of Memoirs of a Geisha
  • Hays N. Golden, managing director of the University of Chicago Crime Lab and Education Lab
  • Meredith Kopit Levien, president and CEO of The New York Times Company
  • Brian P. McAndrews, former president, CEO, and chairman of Pandora Media
  • David Perpich, publisher of The Athletic and Wirecutter
  • John W. Rogers Jr., founder and chairman of Ariel Investments
  • Anuradha B. Subramanian, CFO of Bumble
  • Rebecca Van Dyck, former COO for Reality Labs at Meta Platforms

Source

This is their official page for the board of directors: www.nytco.com/board-of-directors/

goferking0 ,

World admins rolling out a mbfc not for news and politics comms. They ask for feedback then get angry at the comments about how bad it looks and people again raising points for why mbfc sucks

Rooki ,
@Rooki@lemmy.world avatar

That was sadly the point why we didnt recognized that as feedback, rather as just being childish because some site said some bad things about their favorite news page.

At least we got some real feedback that were constructive. We will implement those and deploy it.

goferking0 ,

Ignoring the vaild criticisms of mbfc also isn’t a good look.

Rooki ,
@Rooki@lemmy.world avatar

“MBFC BAD DESTROY IT” isnt valid. Its just personal opinion. We responded to the real feedback accordingly and will implement them soon.

MotoAsh ,

Ah yes, I’m sure that was exactly how every piece of feedback against mbfc was.

Rooki ,
@Rooki@lemmy.world avatar

No of course not, some were constructive and gave an alternative site or adjusted format how they expect it to look.

CaliforniaKove OP ,
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Please be honest with yourself. Feedback that isn’t complimentary of your closed-source bot has consistently been disregarded, even when it was constructive

Rooki ,
@Rooki@lemmy.world avatar

No, there was some good. Feedback, those “I HATE MBFC DESTROY IT” Feedback was not constructive.

CaliforniaKove OP ,
@CaliforniaKove@lemmy.ca avatar

Your definition of feedback, as stated in one of your latest posts —“No improvement idea? No… that’s NOT feedback, that’s just crying around”(lemmy.ca/post/25936280/10720168)— is clearly out of touch with reality and reflects a biased and distorted view. Feedback includes all types of input, not just suggestions for improvement.

Rooki ,
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I just reflect how it feels to get such bad feedback without any real feedback in it.

Feedback includes many types of input but not: Disliking it because of personal opinion, because service x rated your favorite news page badly.

My feedback to that emotional feedback was just my emotion back to it.

If we wanted everyones opinion on MBFC yes then we would loved this response from you. But feedback is not just MBFC BAD!!!

What if theoretically give you feedback on your math test: “0 Points Because ITS BAD!!!” Then you would think why was it bad? The formula ? The results? The readability? Or were my books that i read bad?

Zoot , (edited )
@Zoot@reddthat.com avatar

Normally when faced with simply “its bad!!!” You reflect. If i got a 0 on my math score with no explanation id imagine I did so insanely bad, that I need to rethink how I did it entirely.

Maybe stop removing comments and see about finding better sources, that also happen to reflect what your users want.

Rooki ,
@Rooki@lemmy.world avatar

I did not remova any comments? Those removed comments are renoved by mods of the community.

But the issue is there is no other alternative that has an ordered and automatable access.

Then the other option was to have a community made “source” but that brings up the issue with “User x is not fit to contribute”, “Remove the bad rating on site xyz.com” etc. tadah back to the start with the “crying” ablut topic x.

We are still working on such an system as this could at least reduce the shitstorm about having no option to alter the rating. But its not final that decision.

CaliforniaKove OP ,
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The LW mods are relying on a website to verify news, but it barely works outside of U.S. coverage, making it useless for global news (it’s like they think the U.S. is the whole world). They ask for feedback, but let’s be real—they’re too stubborn to accept any criticism

CluckN ,

Pawn Stars is a show where people pawn stuff to a bald guy.

NovaPrime ,
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    johannesvanderwhales ,

    I see it as a good thing when people make the decision to block them easy.

    CaliforniaKove OP ,
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    Media Bias/Fact Check Media Bias Fact Check Credibility: [Glorious and Infalible meme] (Click to view Full Report, loyalty expected)

    In the land of absolute truth, Media Bias Fact Check reigns supreme, meticulously rating the bias and credibility of news sources with an iron fist. Their reports are as detailed as they are mandatory.

    Thanks to Media Bias Fact Check for granting access to their all-knowing API.
    Your support is not just requested, but expected—donations are a patriotic duty.

    Beep boop. This action was performed automatically by the regime. If you dare to disapprove, you may block me—at your own risk. 💔
    For any questions or ‘concerns,’ you may report to the LW Support lemmy community, where compliance is monitored.

    OurToothbrush ,

    If you see anyone outsourcing their critical media analysis on world news, you are encouraged to report them.

    Deestan ,

    Seeing the… type… of people who can’t handle fact checking, I am relieved it is in place.

    marcos ,

    I… Agree with the OP that the site’s rating isn’t good.

    At the same time, the reports are very informative and seem to be well researched. I ended-up liking the site.

    Brickardo ,

    Who the fuck cares

    CaliforniaKove OP ,
    @CaliforniaKove@lemmy.ca avatar

    You are replying to it 🫢

    AVincentInSpace ,

    my sibling in Christ you made the post

    mindbleach ,

    If they hadn’t: ‘well nobody complained.’

    Trap.

    NovaPrime ,
    @NovaPrime@lemmy.ml avatar

    Lovely - mods are removing all comments that are pointing out that /u/CaliforniaKove has been spamming multiple instances with the same agenda for days now. I’m guessing pointing out spam and voicing disagreement is not allowed? Better yet, they’re citing community Rule 2, which has to do with reposts and in no way applies to the removed comments. Unless they mean to cite Rule 2 of lemmy.ml, which is also absurd imo considering the shit that regularly gets posted on the instance (of which I’m a member). Normally I don’t removed about getting comments removed, but not allowing people to express frustration with actual spammers, and removing their comments citing an anti-spam rule, is fucked up and smells of agenda pushing vs. actual moderation.

    _Sprite ,
    @_Sprite@lemmy.world avatar

    I don’t removed about getting comments removed

    Is the word bitch or vulgar term for female dog banned here?

    Cowbee ,
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    Lemmy.ml censors swear words and slurs.

    NovaPrime ,
    @NovaPrime@lemmy.ml avatar

    It’s the later. As the other user pointed out, lemmy.ml censors vulgar language by default

    BarbecueCowboy ,

    My friend, you’re on lemmy.ml at the moment. No, voicing disagreement is not allowed and you must follow the prescribed narrative and anything that could support that is automatically allowed, that’s what rule 1 and 2 really are, and you should know that.

    CaliforniaKove OP ,
    @CaliforniaKove@lemmy.ca avatar

    Damn I should really study a bit of English

    Carrolade ,

    The majority of feedback offered was that it wasn’t pro-Palestinian enough.

    CaliforniaKove OP ,
    @CaliforniaKove@lemmy.ca avatar

    Totally unrelated to recent events!

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