r/technology 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/bizarro_kvothe 29d ago

With all the AI in the world you would think that they could use something better than a forbidden word list.

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u/Prior_Coyote_4376 29d ago

Implying they ever had an interest in real content moderation…

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u/alxwx 29d ago

Outside the most grotesque things that people generally do not want to see, moderation is just controlling narrative in a sheep suit