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.

  • njm1314@lemmy.worldEnglish
    193·
    2 months ago

    Oh no, we wouldn’t want to inconvenience the mbfc bot that that literally everyone hates and wants gone. That would be awful.

    • viking@infosec.pubEnglish
      64·
      2 months ago

      I like the bot, and I also hate amp links and url forwarders that can literally take you anywhere but where it’s supposed to.

      • NOT_RICK@lemmy.worldEnglish
        43·
        2 months ago

        How dare you have a different opinion. It’s not hard to block the bot, I don’t see why everyone gets their jimmies so rustled about it.