r/technology • u/marketrent • 28d 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/fukkyouspez 28d ago

Is my username flagged ?

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u/Reese_misee 28d ago

Based username

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u/Matthew789_17 28d ago

Because I am too scared to upvote your comment, please take this comment of praise in lieu of an upvote.

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u/Biocube16 28d ago

Not to give you an existential crisis or anything, but it Would be pretty wild if your username got you perma shadowbanned from reddit, none of your comments actually show up, and anyone that responds to your comments is actually just a fake bot so you don’t realize you are perma shadow banned.

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u/LiveLearnCoach 27d ago

Are you a bot?

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u/Biocube16 27d ago

Am i saying exactly what a bot would say?

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u/realistsnark 28d ago

thats french for "fukky ou spez" "fukky or spez" .. Aand noone who speaks french would support violent protest

https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/ra3r5/die_bart_die/?tl=de

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u/Spez_Spaz 28d ago

Is mine?

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u/FarkSpezHard 28d ago

How about mine?

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u/Specialspeztard 28d ago

im still waiting

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u/fuckspez123 28d ago

Shit, if yours is mine is too.

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u/d20wilderness 28d ago

A true hero! 

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u/CEO_head_bowling 28d ago

I lost a 15 year old account because of this nonsense.

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u/fuckspez123 28d ago

Same! So, fuck spez