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/Odysseyan Mar 08 '25

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

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u/a0me Mar 08 '25

We’ve gone full circle https://reboot.digg.com

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u/somegamer Mar 08 '25

Yep. I got that stupid warning too. I’m leaving this shithole and going back to Digg.