Admiral Patrick
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Admiral Patrick@lemmy.worldto Fediverse vs Disinformation@lemmy.dbzer0.com•Biden staffers admit what we all knew: White House lied about ceasefire efforts1·1 month agoGiving a garbo source the benefit of the doubt on an article-by-article basis just muddies the waters and gives an air of undeserved legitimacy to other things they publish.
Credibility and trust are built over time; throwing out a “look, THIS article is okay” every so often does not make them a credible source.
If the facts are solid, then there should be at least one other reputable source reporting on them. If only a sensationalist rag is covering it, maybe ask why that is.
I notice you aren’t disputing the facts here, just the source.
This is the same argument I’ve seen used by people trying to legitimize Fox News and RT, BTW.
Admiral Patrick@lemmy.worldto Fediverse vs Disinformation@lemmy.dbzer0.com•Biden staffers admit what we all knew: White House lied about ceasefire efforts1·1 month agoIt’s not what you’re posting but where you’re posting it from and their track record. Post it from a less biased, less sensationalized, more reputable source and I would guess those complaints will largely go away.
Nobody complains when I post one of thousands of fact checks
Those have all been from credible sources.
Admiral Patrick@lemmy.worldto Ye Power Trippin' Bastards@lemmy.dbzer0.com•Worldnews mods remove last article written by assasinated Palestinian journalist Hossam Shabat1·3 months agoPut them in the body. I’ll downvote every archive link used the post url because it obfuscates the source.
Admiral Patrick@lemmy.worldto Ye Power Trippin' Bastards@lemmy.dbzer0.com•Worldnews mods remove last article written by assasinated Palestinian journalist Hossam Shabat51·3 months agoYes, those are called “Opinions / Editorials / Letters to the Editor” et al. Both News and WorldNews have rules against opinion articles as well.
Admiral Patrick@lemmy.worldOPMto Unpopular Opinion@lemmy.world•Community Locked / Going Dark in Protest [Meta] [Updated 2025-01-13]English01·5 months agoI explained that in another comment: https://lemmy.world/comment/14408131
Admiral Patrick@lemmy.worldOPMto Unpopular Opinion@lemmy.world•Community Locked / Going Dark in Protest [Meta] [Updated 2025-01-13]English1·5 months agoAs I understand it, yes, that is the intent of the policy. However, as-written and presumably as it is to be enforced for all mods LW-wide, it has wide-reaching implications with worse side-effects.
Basically, the proper tool is a scalpel and they brought out a machete.
Admiral Patrick@lemmy.worldMto Unpopular Opinion@lemmy.world•We should stop calling child molesters "pedophiles"English1·11 months agoGood truly unpopular opinion, and mostly good discussion on the points made. That said, I think pretty much all the points that were going to be made have been made. Locking thread.
Admiral Patrick@lemmy.worldOPto memes@lemmy.world•When my home instance has been lagging behind LW by 1-2 hours all day....2·1 year agoI’ve been using this one a bit more during these federation backups. I can’t really adopt it as my daily driver, though. My home instance is the one I run, so I tend to favor it. lol
Admiral Patrick@lemmy.worldOPto memes@lemmy.world•When my home instance has been lagging behind LW by 1-2 hours all day....6·1 year agoIf my instance ever gets sync’d back up where I can interact in something approximating real-time, I may make that happen lol.
Admiral Patrick@lemmy.worldtoPolitical Memes@lemmy.world•Why anyone would think otherwise is beyond me42·1 year agoOh, I was just lamenting that such a garbage post is contributing to the backlog because of the activities it generates (which LW has to federate out since its “owns” the community this was posted in). Basically a potshot at a low-effort, shit take of a post.
Admiral Patrick@lemmy.worldtoPolitical Memes@lemmy.world•Why anyone would think otherwise is beyond me4·1 year agoIt’s a Lemmy thing. Basically latency limits the maximum number of activities that can be sent per second (they’re sent like TCP: serially, and each must be acknowledged). When LW has a LOT of activities to send out, they can get backlogged if there’s significant latency between LW and other federated servers.
That’s the gist of it, anyway.
Admiral Patrick@lemmy.worldtoPolitical Memes@lemmy.world•Why anyone would think otherwise is beyond me176·1 year agoGood lord, I can’t believe Lemmy World’s federation queue is backed up for so many other instances because of stupid shit like this.
Admiral Patrick@lemmy.worldMto Unpopular Opinion@lemmy.world•people added "reversism" to things like descimination & racism just because it's harder for them to recognize it when it's the other way around10·1 year agoOP, the wording of the post is very confusing. Would you mind perhaps editing the post to clarify your opinion?
Thanks!
Admiral Patrick@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•The Starlink constellation hasn't increased for 4 months. Over 1,000 satellites showing inactive. NASA scientist says enormous amount of SpaceX satellites burning up could erode atmosphere killing us.English4·1 year agoI’ve seen this site get spammed in the past, but it’s been a few months. Guess they’re at it again.
That whole site is an unholy mixture of religion, conspiracy, and Elon Musk. It’s bonkers.
Basically if you see tiblur [dot] com, you can pretty much just report it as spam.
Admiral Patrick@lemmy.worldMto Unpopular Opinion@lemmy.world•Supporting local businesses by paying more is incredibly stupid1·1 year agoIs it weird that I read your reply in Frasier’s voice?
Admiral Patrick@lemmy.worldMto Unpopular Opinion@lemmy.world•Supporting local businesses by paying more is incredibly stupid2·1 year agoThere’s an amazing bakery near me that’s like that. People have just kind of adapted, and it seems to work well for the business. They start at like 4 in the morning to bake everything they’re going to sell for the day, open at 7, and are pretty much always sold out by 10:30 or 11.
If I recall, I think they do a lot of catering, so the part of the shop that’s open to the public is kind of an afterthought. I’m never able to get there when they have the good stuff, but it’s an amazing treat when someone from the office stops by early in the morning and brings a box of something.
Admiral Patrick@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.world•U.S Troops Loot Syrian Oil and Wheat ContinuouslyEnglish3·1 year agoRule 3 seems to be very unenforced lately 😠
Admiral Patrick@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.world•Children below 12 yrs must get to sit with at least one parent: DGCA to airlinesEnglish1·1 year agohttps://mediabiasfactcheck.com/hindustan-times/
MBFC Credibility Rating: LOW CREDIBILITY
Questionable Reasoning: Pseudoscience, Propaganda, Poor Sourcing, Numerous Failed Fact Checks Bias Rating: LEFT-CENTER Factual Reporting: MIXED Country: India MBFC’s Country Freedom Rating: MODERATE FREEDOM Media Type: Newspaper Traffic/Popularity: High Traffic
Admiral Patrick@lemmy.worldMto Unpopular Opinion@lemmy.world•More Americans should be involved in partisan politics31·1 year agoYeah, I got that from the post, and I appreciate it. Which is why I’ve chosen to leave it up. It’s certainly an unpopular opinion based on the types of comments I’ve seen elsewhere, it’s not calling out anything specifically, and the message is important.
If you want to edit it to be more generic, that’d be cool. Otherwise, I’m just gonna watch to make sure the discussions/comments don’t go off the rails. When the new mod team took over, we all agreed we should leave politics at the door since it’s everywhere and sometimes you just need a reprieve.
Not sure where the line is for that, exactly, but I’m willing to allow some generic, good-faith discussion once in a while. May need to chat with the other mods to see how they feel about it.
If it covers the same talking points, why not post it instead of destroying this community’s credibility with this rag?