Zoot

[META] Petition for banning certain Slop Articles

https://reddthat.com/post/61218942

[META] Petition for banning certain Slop Articles - Reddthat

It’s the top comment on all the pop science articles. Can it just officially be a rule? You are all much smarter than I, please help compile a list of known websites that publish explicitly low quality articles, with very little science basis to back up said claims, beyond an extremely shoddy study.

Mar 2 at 7:47pmWeb
Show threadfrongtMar 2
Trying to list them all is a losing proposition.
Show threadZootMar 2

A list of the worst offenders would help significantly atleast.

However, I did happen to notice this community only has 1 active mod, and they mod other communities as well, so maybe this one just needs some actual love and care.

Show threadhalfdaneMar 2

I’m not that long here, but if it’s not feasible to automatically detect the slopper-sites, maybe a rule could be introduced that people can report on?

This way the mod has an easier time identifying the things that are unwanted by the community.

Show threadZootMar 2
This was actually the solution I had in mind. Id be happy to report the articles, if there was an actual rule to point to.
Show threadMalReynoldsMar 3
I’d go so far as to blacklist individual sites based on a threshold upvote on the top negative post (can be automated), and give a mechanism to undo it, poll perhaps, if people care enough they’ll protect. It will naturally tend to negative, but given 90%(+ these days) of everything is crap -Sturgeon’s law - it should work out.
Show threadRimuMar 2
PieFed and Mbin both let you block domains. So if you never want to see any post that links to scienceslop.ai you can block that.
Show threadZootMar 2
Awesome! Except we’re on lemmy
Show threadRimuMar 2
That’s a choice you made which can be changed at any time.