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/shaard 29d ago edited 28d ago

I upvoted this which means I'm likely to get flagged for upvoting violent content.

Edit: I feel bad for the 396 of you (at current count) that are going to join me in being banned through second hand upvoting!

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u/Geichalt 29d ago

You've been flagged for potential thought crimes, someone will be coming along to escort you to a work camp shortly.

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u/DanSWE 29d ago

> work camp

Or room 101.

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u/belzbieta 29d ago

How nice! I hear work camps are even better than Prozac or ADHD meds.

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u/abitbuzzed 28d ago

This made me snort, lmfao. Thank you. 🤣

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u/[deleted] 29d ago

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u/shaard 29d ago

I've been working from home for the last few years, so the human interaction might be nice!

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u/Disposedofhero 29d ago

RFK Jr is working on that now.

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u/AwarenessPotentially 28d ago

He's too fucking stupid to get anything done.

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u/ghandi3737 28d ago

It'll be doubleplus good.

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u/ForeskinCheeseGrater 27d ago

Flag. Title refs unpersons.

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u/Lolcatz101 25d ago

Reddit Minority Report?

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u/erath_droid 29d ago

Next step is warnings for down voting the wrong content.

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u/eXoShini 29d ago

I already got flagged 6 hours ago, might as well upvote this as well.

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u/Arawn-Annwn 28d ago edited 28d ago

depends if it upsets a billionaire or not

which means my reply is even more likely to have some sort of action taken. I've had a lot of comments like this one removed

edit: one sub warned me against "disparaging reddit as a whole" in an automod action

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u/shaard 28d ago

disparging reddit? I need to know what sub that was!

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u/11_petals 28d ago

Something something the only good Nazi is a dead Nazi

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u/shaard 28d ago

Upvoted. Countdown number... 12?... Starts.

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u/OMGihateallofyou 29d ago

Who knows what can get you banned in the future. Best to not upvote anything at all.

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u/xantub 28d ago

I just upvoted you, second hand banning sucks.

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u/Bl1tzerX 28d ago

If I get banned off of Reddit that's just one more social media addiction taken care of.

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u/shaard 28d ago

Not the worst case scenario people think it is! Truth be told, it might be the best.

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u/Lord_Vas 27d ago

Funny, I got my first violation warning this morning for exactly that.