Disclaimer: The issue here is not completely related to the bot presence, but more about the justification used. People would probably be less annoyed if the mods stated “this is our decision, and it is final”, rather than to try to use admins as an excuse.

As usual, for people looking for other world news communities

https://lemmy.world/comment/12825224

https://lemmy.world/comment/12834553

For other threads about the MBFC bot:

  • PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat
    5·
    28 days ago

    I don’t think it’s proven that jordanlund is the one that’s saying inaccurate things. jeffw said the exact same thing about being removed from his position if he tried to take away the bot, back when he was soliciting improvements for the bot for !news@lemmy.world, and jeffw is one of the only big-name .world mods who seems to have his head on straight. In the end, there was some kind of behind-the-scenes discussion and the bot was removed. It might have been nothing more complex than one admin who really liked the idea of the bot, and that coming across to the moderators who are “under him” as if trying to remove the bot would make him angry and he would remove them with his admin powers, when that wasn’t the case, and it just took a direct conversation to get things straightened out and resolve the issue.

    There is clearly something weird going on at lemmy.world. I just wouldn’t jump to conclusions about where the weirdness lies without more information.

    • Blaze (he/him)@feddit.orgOPEnglish
      31·
      28 days ago

      I just wouldn’t jump to conclusions about where the weirdness lies without more information.

      I really hope they can clarify. The objective of this post is also to trigger that clarification, as it seems they didn’t really address this lack of coherence when it was brought up in the linked thread.

      • PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat
        6·
        28 days ago

        I’ve also provided Rooki with code to vastly improve the bot’s verdicts. This just happened, so it’s too soon to say anything about how he’s reacting to that, but if months go by and nothing happens with it, or the party line which was “nothing better than MBFC exists, and anyway no one’s offering constructive suggestions” changes to something else, without any change to the bot, then that’ll be a clue.