birdwingMar 17

Can we ban Politico.eu links?

https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/40019566

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Show threadcomrade_twisty
Can we just use up and downvotes and not use bans for such things.
Mar 17 at 12:15pmWeb
Show threadMelchiorMar 17
That does not work on lemmy.
Show threadLemmchenMar 17
Why?
Show threadMelchiorMar 17

Lemmy scores like this:

Rank = ScaleFactor * log(Max(1, 3 + Score)) / (Time + 2)^Gravity

With:

Score = Upvotes - Downvotes + 3

And Time is the time since either the posting for “Active” or the last comment for “Hot”. The issue being that the Time score drops of very quickly. As a result it matters much more, what the Time is rather then the votes, as long as it is not horribly bad. Also posts with a lot of downvotes are not treated as bad, as long as they have a lot of upvotes as well.

Show threaddoleoMar 17
The way in which I interact with lemmy doesn’t allow for downvoting. Nor would I want it to, to be honest.
Show threadsidebroMar 17
I think so too, or even linking to other sources for the same news
Show threadgigachadMar 17
In this particular case the problem is that most Germans know what it means for a news outlet belonging to Axel Springer, while internationals can’t understand our anger. This is because politico by itself is not a far right outlet like it’s Brother BILD. That’s why the up/downvote thing will not work here sadly.
Show threadSamskaraMar 17
Welt has decent articles from time to time. It’s also a good idea to expose yourself to viewpoints you don’t like.
Show threadgigachadMar 17
I do that is why I also read conservative news papers like FAZ, their articles are hard to bear sometimes. Axel Springer however is straight up evil. That’s like saying you should read FOX news from time time.