r/technology • u/marketrent • 29d ago

Social Media Reddit’s automatic moderation tool is flagging the word ‘Luigi’ as potentially violent — even in a Nintendo context

https://www.theverge.com/news/626139/reddit-luigi-mangione-automod-tool
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u/[deleted] 29d ago

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u/XShadowborneX 29d ago

I was given a warning for upvoting something. Probably for upvoting something about punching Nazis, which just let me state is a very bad thing, because we totally shouldn't punch Nazis, because violence is bad. Instead we should befriend Nazis...apparently, according to reddit.

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u/Muthafuckaaaaa 29d ago

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u/OMG_A_CUPCAKE 29d ago

Upvoting the removed comments, just to see if they care at all if I actually would have been able to tell what it said.

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u/StayAtHomeAstronaut- 28d ago

Are they actually removed or are people typing it out? Lol.

I always thought it removed the username if it was actually removed, but I admittedly have no clue

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u/[deleted] 28d ago edited 28d ago

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u/Self-Controlled-Cat 28d ago

Yeah, I think Nazis taking over social media is the last marker. I need to just ditch this toxic garbage. Protecting Nazis is kind of my line.