Reddit Pro Tools

I've noticed in the recent past that sites which were labeled centrist have been reclassified "extreme left". Learned that the app sources their bias ratings come from "Media Bias Fact Check": These days, MBFC is generally used as a source when someone wants to add a veneer of respectability to the extremely tired claim that almost all trustworthy news outlets are liberal in nature. MBFC does not shield users from opinion journalism, it is opinion. Specifically, it is the opinion of a guy named Gus. - The Columbia Journalism Review describes Media Bias/Fact Check as an amateur attempt at categorizing media bias and Van Zandt as an "armchair media analyst". The Poynter Institute notes, "Media Bias/Fact Check is a widely cited source for news stories and even studies about misinformation, despite the fact that its method is in no way scientific." -(Wikipedia) If I do not already have information about a news outlet, having instant access to some random ideological placement that falsely calls it into question makes me less knowledgeable. If you point this out, they'll remind you that users can change their own ratings. But if I already have information about an outlet, repositioning it on a list for me alone to see is a meaningless placebo. MBFC actually does seem reliable in their factual/non factual ratings. Reddit Pro Tools could source those instead, but...I have a feeling they're getting exactly what they want out of it.

I don't really care about the political side, but it's nice setting custom tags for people who post in music subs I like so I can see other fans of GYBE in the wild and so on. I just wish adding subreddits wasn't case-sensitive.

Very useful. So many idiots on reddit need to filter them out.