Gotcha. Sidebar here doesn’t have that info but clicking through to the kbin page shows them (not sure if they’re different things across platforms or just haven’t sync’d). That rule makes sense, just wasn’t sure how to comply with it.
Still learning how all these different federated platforms work together / what features won’t work where, etc.
Thanks for asking @ptz. On kbin.social, there is an option in the link submissions form to add badges (similar to flair from reddit) or tags (hashtags to broadcast to the microblogging feature of the Fediverse). As of right now, the badges feature isn't working properly - you can type in the name of a badge (I think it's supposed to be a drop down menu, but is currently a text field) but it doesn't show up in the submission anywhere.
Our users were asked 2 weeks ago what rules they want in this space for moderation and multiple users expressed a desire to see labelling of some sort between news, opinion/editorialized, and analysis content. This is a unique community rule to the politics magazine on kbin.social based on solicited member comments.
We ask that submissions include a label in the title like "News: [Article title as it appears on external site]"
I'm glad you asked this question, especially as a federated user. It draws attention for me that not all of the instances may have coding for badges, so even though I had hoped we could one day employ badges here on kbin.social, I'm realizing that we can't make that a submission rule if federated users don't even have that option.
Also, it will depend on how you're accessing the magazine (which is what all kbin instances call communities), as to whether the sidebar is viewable. I can only think of describing how to access the sidebar if you're another kbin.social user accessing from mobile.
These are realistic barriers to future plans I had wanted to roll out, so thanks for asking this question and shedding light on it for me.
Not a mod, but I assume this may be what they are referring to. “Titles must include a label indicating News, Opinion/Editorial (pick the appropriate one), Analysis, or Discussion.”
News: If Trump Were Innocent, He'd 'Walk Over Fire' for Speedy Trial: Swalwell
Also acceptable:
[News] If Trump Were Innocent, He'd 'Walk Over Fire' for Speedy Trial: Swalwell
We want to avoid all caps in titles, even if it's the original title for the source, which is almost always an indicator of low reporting reliability, or that the content is so biased that reliability is hard to gauge.
If it is helpful, here is a short glossary of possible labels.
Editorials have author bylines that denote a collection of people within a news organization, such as candidate endorsements from a newspaper’s staff. Opinions have author bylines from a single (maybe two) writer(s). Analysis is when an author starts with factually verified current events and reports then explains deeper significance or motivation, predicts future outcomes, or makes a policy recommendation based on the starting data.
I don't know how to feel about this. On one hand, it's a reminder to voters when the trial begins about how corrupt Trump is. It could also reduce his ability to campaign if he is in court.
On the other hand, it may incense his base and people who get tricked into believing Biden is using the Justice Department to target his political opponents.
I don't normally find myself agreeing with Hasan, but I feel like this bears repeating:
"Be afraid. This is on the verge of happening 18 months from now," tweeted MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan. "Now ask yourself this question: are cautious, in-denial, business-as-usual establishment Dems equipped, or even willing, to address this anti-democratic, autocratic threat?"
@Col3814444 m/liberalgunowners r/liberalgunowners We are the only ones who can protect us from the Fascists. I read that Trump started threatening again today - fuck these people.
She only won the last one by ~530 votes, so I’d say she’s losing her luster. Hence the increasingly outrageous behavior in an attempt to shore up the craze baze.
…audio from Trump advisor, Steve Bannon, surfaced from October 31st, 2020, just a few days before the Presidential election.
Let’s listen. [Begin Videotape]
STEVE BANNON: And what Trump’s going to do is declare victory, right? He’s going to declare victory, but that doesn’t mean he’s a winner. He’s just gonna say he’s a winner. The Democrats — more of our people vote early that count. Theirs vote in mail. And so they’re going to have a natural disadvantage and Trump’s going to take advantage — that’s our strategy.
He’s gonna declare himself a winner. So when you wake up Wednesday morning, it’s going to be a firestorm. Also — also if Trump is — if Trump is losing by 10 or 11:00 at night, it’s going to be even crazier. Because he’s gonna sit right there and say they stole it. If Biden’s wining, Trump is going to do some crazy shit.
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