• PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat
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    YDI

    The “you can’t post stuff from blogs” rule is common on many communities. It’s not because of who he is, it’s because you can’t post Substack stuff. The rule is fine, I actually don’t love it but there’s a valid reason for it. Stop pretending it is some kind of pro-Israel bias when that has literally nothing at all to do with this.

    Since the people whining extensively about liberal censorship didn’t take the much smaller length of time it would have taken to instead just post to !world@lemmy.world the exact same story from Z Network, I’ve done it for you. You’re welcome.

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      Thanks for that! I would have done it, but I saw too much abuse on reddit where mods would remove something only to add it themselves because… ? They wanted the imaginary internet points? 🤔 I never got that but saw it way, way too often.

      Fuckin’ mods… Wait, what? 😉

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        Yeah. The fact that none of them were interested enough to post it, even when you found it for them, sent them the link, and told them that it was a solid source and you wouldn’t remove it, kind of tells the whole story IMO: They’re all just excited because there is finally a single datum that sort of looks at first glance like the persistent myth that lemmy.world is in any way pro-Israel is finally, for all time, confirmed, and we all need to feel super strongly about it and remember it forever.

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          I love the part where it magically became a news article because of where it was posted instead of the author and content!

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            That is in fact generally exactly how it works.

            If I host something on Substack called “Philip’s News,” and I publish Hossam Shabat’s last article, it becomes hard to tell whether it’s really his last article or if it’s just what I am claiming is his last article. People on the internet sometimes do publish lies about things like this, and it really is a genuine problem. Once it’s published by an organization with something to lose (which generally happens instantly for big news items like this, as it did for this), then it’s vetted, and it’s preferable to post it from that news source just so everyone knows it’s reliable and there doesn’t have to be a big argument about it every time.

            I do think the policy could use some adjustment. There are some sources (Newsweek being a big one) that are “official” but have a track record of lying at this point, that shouldn’t be used even though AFAIK they are allowed on /c/world. There are some people who are professional journalists who publish on Substack, and I think that should be allowed as long as they are published professionals. But the rule is not some crazy conspiracy to silence the truth.

            You could have spent your whining time just posting the article that Jordan already sent you a link to. You could spend your downvotes to my comments, instead on upvotes for the article I posted on your behalf. You seem like you’re more into the idea of a performative snit that you are in posting this news. Well, good luck with it. I hope your snit goes well. You seem like you’re enjoying it, so I encourage you to continue.

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              You could have spent your whining time just posting the article that Jordan already sent you a link to.

              I want the power tripping bastard to update the rules to be more clear. If you think that is whining, then you still don’t understand that ‘only news articles’ is a shitty fucking rule when it isn’t clear what that means.

              Especially when a source that would have been considered a news aite in the past is being questioned.

              There are some sources (Newsweek being a big one) that are “official” but have a track record of lying at this poin

              I don’t doubt they are shit! But how would anyone know they don’t count as news if the mod decides they don’t count at some point in the future?