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/Odysseyan 29d ago

Lol censoring an actual Italian name. Reddit is such a shitshow

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u/Elistic-E 29d ago

It’s mainly cause /u/spez is garbage

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u/Str82thaDOME 29d ago

u/spez has the spine of a jellyfish