r/technology • u/marketrent • Mar 08 '25

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/Lazerpop Mar 08 '25 edited 29d ago

He hasn't been convicted. He is innocent until proven guilty. Reddit is overstepping on multiple grounds on this one.

This comment seems to have gotten popular so I will remind you of a fundamental aspect of our justice system. It doesn't matter if you think L**** was the man in the video. It matters if every member of the jury unanimously concludes L**** was the man in the video. Until that moment enters the record, L**** is presumed innocent.

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u/alanpugh Mar 08 '25 edited 29d ago

Reddit is publicly traded. The CEO isn't the owner.

ETA: As pointed out by /u/TheTjalian below, when this occurred, Reddit wasn't publicly traded, and Huffman was indeed still a part-owner.

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u/TheTjalian Mar 08 '25

Except it was a private, non-traded entity when Spez, who was then a co-founder and co-owner of Reddit, deleted those files.

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u/alanpugh 29d ago

That's very fair. I've updated my comment.

I'm not over here supporting him, I was just being pedantic... and you've out-pedanted me.

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u/TheTjalian 29d ago

Bahahaha.

Major respect for the edited comment.

Have a good day!

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u/schmeakles 29d ago

And ima out to trade mine. For real.

Felt chuffed to invest at first. Now I see it’s another road to nowhere.

Might as well just go with the dip in Palantir, as invest in penny ante authoritarianism.

So who’s gonna start a: Where to from here thread?

Any suggestions on where to migrate to?

Cause it’s getting to the point where I’d have more fun in the Guardian’s comments…

Those Brit’s know how to take the piss out of each other, and mods are hands off.