Some random guy may not be the best, but also a hivemind can often be just as bad. For instance if lemmy.ca ranked news sources, and lemmy.ml ranked the same news sources, I imagine the results would be different.
I agree the impact is different for sure, I just used the first “ranked” system that came to mind that I figured you would be familiar with.
Example. If you rank Empire Strike back a 5/10 and I rank it a 8/10, then we rank Avatar and I give it a 4/10 and you give it a 9/10, on imdb they would both be ranked a 6.5/10. on RT one would be a 100% and the other 50%. (Why I don’t care for RT)
Some random guy may not be the best, but also a hivemind can often be just as bad. For instance if lemmy.ca ranked news sources, and lemmy.ml ranked the same news sources, I imagine the results would be different.
I agree the impact is different for sure, I just used the first “ranked” system that came to mind that I figured you would be familiar with.
Example. If you rank Empire Strike back a 5/10 and I rank it a 8/10, then we rank Avatar and I give it a 4/10 and you give it a 9/10, on imdb they would both be ranked a 6.5/10. on RT one would be a 100% and the other 50%. (Why I don’t care for RT)
But your right, not a fair comparison
Also, movies are entertainment, not misinformation and disinformation shaping our society, so there’s less scrutiny.
(Yeah, media shapes our views too, but not as much as direct news journalism.)